<div dir="ltr"><div>Hmm. This is an interesting economic problemo. Georgia Power and ATL Gas Light are not exactly fonts of rectitude in the public interest. I agree that the current ISP oligopoly in most of the country is sinful and bad. I'd much rather see ruthless competition on price and service, but it's a little difficult to figure how to do that when one company owns much of the infrastructure.<br>
<br></div>-- CHS<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Jay Lozier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jslozier@gmail.com" target="_blank">jslozier@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On 01/21/2014 01:35 PM, Aaron Ruscetta wrote:<br>
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All of these endless issues of corporate abuses and monopoly<br>
corruption throughout the ISP and media companies just scream<br>
in validation of the vital need for Internet Distribution to be a<br>
commonwealth public resource. The paths of information flow<br>
has become as vital to our public infrastructure as our public<br>
water lines and public roadways, so it needs to be fully<br>
recognized as such.<br>
<br>
in peace<br>
aaron<br>
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I have to agree with you, Aaron, that the Internet is more of utility and must treated as such.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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<br>
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Jonathan Meek<br>
<<a href="mailto:jonathan.l.meek@gmail.com" target="_blank">jonathan.l.meek@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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Here's a great article that the register had on their website about the<br>
Verizon vs. FCC case:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/18/why_almost_everyone_got_the_net_neutrality_verdict_wrong/" target="_blank">http://www.theregister.co.uk/<u></u>2014/01/18/why_almost_<u></u>everyone_got_the_net_<u></u>neutrality_verdict_wrong/</a><br>
<br>
If I understood the article correctly, the courts ruled that while FCC has<br>
the power to enforce the net neutrality rules, it cannot just write them and<br>
placed them under the classic "common provider" rules that are used for<br>
voice service since Congress has passed laws that make voice service<br>
different from data service.<br>
<br>
<br>
On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 12:22 PM, JD <<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com" target="_blank">jdp@algoloma.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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I ended up with 2 coax lines from the street - a for TV + residential ISP<br>
and b<br>
for commercial ISP. A few months later, canceled the residential TV and<br>
ISP.<br>
The 'b' cable was new, thicker and took a 100% shorter run to the<br>
demarcation<br>
point - better signal.<br>
<br>
Comcast was extremely clear that having "commercial TV" over the business<br>
line<br>
in a residential neighborhood was forbidden by the public utility<br>
commission.<br>
Perhaps residential TV could share the same line - don't know. Dumped CATV<br>
for<br>
antennas a while ago. Getting 65 channels OTA from Cobb county.<br>
<br>
Using the term "commicast" seems completely inappropriate. They are<br>
definitely<br>
capitalists, not communists or socialists. ;) Their stock price has been<br>
beating<br>
the SP500 the last 3 yrs or so. Capitalists, definitely.<br>
<br>
On 01/19/2014 09:44 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
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If you have commercial internet, they'll string the TV as well.<br>
<br>
Don't take no for an answer. They can string that anywhere they have<br>
cable internet.<br>
<br>
On Jan 19, 2014 7:29 AM, "JD" <<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com" target="_blank">jdp@algoloma.com</a><br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com" target="_blank">jdp@algoloma.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
<br>
A person said that or a crappy automatic system?<br>
Commercial TV is not allowed at residential addresses, but<br>
commercial internet<br>
is. The only reason I would guess it isn't available would be if the<br>
building is<br>
an apartment and another line cannot be put in. Even then, I'd call<br>
and talk to<br>
a real person.<br>
<br>
On 01/18/2014 11:33 PM, Raylynn Knight wrote:<br>
> Except commiecast says commercial service is not available at my<br>
address!<br>
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