EXACTLY! Good old Computer Inquires Acts! Wish they were still valid? and/or enforced...and had an FCC enforcement bureau to keep it true.
Scottie ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Larry Yunker" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected], WISPA General List <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:38:44 -0500 ><RANT> > >Gee, now this (ESPN Live 360) won't make the Cable-Op internet providers >have an unfair advantage over traditional ISPs! > >You have to imagine that the cable-op's are negotiating this "internet >service" into their network programming agreements with EPSN, whereas if you >are a non-cable-op you will have to pay outright and separate for the >service and then pass along that fee to all of your subscribers or more >likely... eat the cost. > >This is another case where a utility is able to abuse its monopoly power to >the disadvantage of a non-utility ISP. The regulated and non-regulated >portions of a company that engages in internet service need to be forced to >conduct business as arms-length transactions. > >For instance... if MegaCableCompany operates as a Cable TV provider and >operates as an internet provider, the Cable TV provider business unit is >regulated and enjoys an advantage as a utility, whereas the Internet >Provider Business Unit is unregulated and operates in an open market. The >Cable TV unit is free to negotiate terms for TV programming from the various >networks. The Internet Unit is free to negotiate terms of service for >internet related valued-added-services. Whereas, the Cable TV unit should >not be permitted to negotiate terms for unrelated internet services. (i.e. >ESPN Live 360). The CableTV unit as a utility providing TV service should >have no interest in internet valued added services. However, in the >alternative... if the Cable TV unit were permitted to negotiate terms for >unrelated internet services, it should be prepared to offer those services >to the open market at the same rate that it charges its own Internet Service >Business Unit!! > >Of course.. this argument may sound familiar to some of you... I've made >this same argument time and time again for the unbundling of network >elements within the TelCo monopolies. If you sell phone service as a >utility, your associated unregulated ISP business unit should not enjoy >preferential pricing with regards to internet transport or internet >termination. > ></RANT> > >Larry Yunker > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of RickG >Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 1:57 PM >To: WISPA General List >Subject: [WISPA] here it come$ > >The television content providers are going to bill ISP's? >Try using ESPN Live 360 and see what it tells you. >-RickG > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- >WISPA Wants You! Join today! >http://signup.wispa.org/ >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- > >WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >WISPA Wants You! Join today! >http://signup.wispa.org/ >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > Wireless High Speed Broadband service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as $30.00/mth. Check out www.info-ed.com/wireless.html for information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
