[119408] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Policy News
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Wed Nov 18 09:51:29 2009
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <bd31247d0911180639q758a904bk42634510c909562c@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:50:41 -0500
To: Jerry Dixon <jerry@jdixon.com>
Cc: Nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
How about just mandating that it's illegal to build anything but =
fiber/gpon for services. If something fails, it needs to be replaced =
with modern technology.
I know here they replaced copper cable in the middle of the winter last =
year, it would have made more sense to just use the conduit they were =
replacing and put fiber in.
But the fiber union guys !=3D copper union guys so that is harder to do.
Oh well, stuck in the 70's with my ISDN.
- Jared
On Nov 18, 2009, at 9:39 AM, Jerry Dixon wrote:
> If you can make it they can tax it :/
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> Article in today's Wall Street Journal:
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> "WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are considering whether the =
government
> should take greater control of the Internet and ask consumers to pay =
higher
> phone charges in order to provide all Americans with cheaper access to
> broadband Internet service.
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> The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday will lay out the case =
for
> expanding broadband Internet service, outlining current obstacles to =
making
> it widely available. The agency is considering whether to force =
Internet
> providers to share their networks with rivals and raise fees charged =
on
> consumer phone bills to pay for the broader access."
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> Schatz, A. *Feds mull rules, fees to spur net access - WSJ.com.* =
Retrieved
> 11/18/2009, 2009, from
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125850641299752981.html
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> -Jerry
> --=20
> jerry@jdixon.com
