[95342] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jamie Bowden)
Thu Mar 15 08:46:46 2007
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:30:32 -0400
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From: "Jamie Bowden" <jamie@photon.com>
To: <frnkblk@iname.com>, "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org>
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s/our exchanges/our urban exchanges/
And even then, not so much. I have cable or nothing, and I live in
Fairfax Co. 41k line feet from my house to the exchange. In rural
areas, most of the population far outside of DSL range.
Jamie Bowden
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> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On=20
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:23 PM
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> Could you please clarify that comment? USF has made it=20
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> serve DSL to almost every customer in our exchanges.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Bulk=20
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6:50 AM
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> On Mar 13, 2007, at 11:19 AM, Daniel Senie wrote:
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> > A universal service charge could be applied to all bills, with the =20
> > funds going to subsidize rural areas.
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> This is already done in the U.S., to no discernible effect.
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