Computer Inquiry Acts = CIA ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Scottie Arnett" <sarn...@info-ed.com> Reply-To: sarn...@info-ed.com, WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:34:12 -0600
>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" <leyun...@wispadvantage.com> >Reply-To: leyun...@wispadvantage.com, WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> >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: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] 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: wireless@wispa.org >> >>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: wireless@wispa.org >> >>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: wireless@wispa.org > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at avolve.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
