Is anyone else cynical enough to say FiOS going symmetrical is an attempt to blunt the pro-NetFlix argument on that point? - jra
On July 21, 2014 12:46:27 PM EDT, Jason Iannone <jason.iann...@gmail.com> wrote: >There was a muni case in my neck of the woods a couple of years ago. >Comcast spent an order of magnitude more than the municipality but >still lost. > >Anyway, follow the money. "Blackburn’s largest career donors are .. >PACs affiliated with AT&T ... ($66,750) and Comcast ... ($36,600). ... >Blackburn has also taken $56,000 from the National Cable & >Telecommunications Association." > >http://www.muninetworks.org/content/media-roundup-blackburn-amendment-lights-newswires > >In other news, FIOS has gone symmetrical. >http://newscenter.verizon.com/corporate/news-articles/2014/07-21-fios-upload-speed-upgrade/ > >On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: >> Over the last decade, 19 states have made it illegal for >municipalities >> to own fiber networks -- encouraged largely, I am told, by Verizon >and >> other cable companies/MSOs[1]. >> >> Verizon, of course, isn't doing any new FiOS deployments, per a 2010 >> press release[2]. >> >> FCC Chair Tom Wheeler has been making noises lately that he wants the >FCC >> to preempt the field on this topic, making such deployments legal. >> >> Congressional Republicans think that's a bad idea: >> >> >http://www.vox.com/2014/7/20/5913363/house-republicans-and-obamas-fcc-are-at-war-over-city-owned-internet >> >> [ and here's the backgrounder on the amendment: >> >> >http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/blackburn-bill-would-block-fcc-preemption/132468 >] >> >> While I generally try to avoid bringing up topics on NANOG that are >political; >> this one seems to be directly in our wheelhouse, and unavoidably >political. >> My apologies in advance; let's all try to be grownups, shall we? >> >> Cheers, >> -- jra >> >> [1] >http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hundreds-of-cities-are-wired-with-fiberbut-telecom-lobbying-keeps-it-unused >> [2] >https://secure.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Again-Confirms-FiOS-Expansion-is-Over-118949 >> -- >> Jay R. Ashworth Baylink >j...@baylink.com >> Designer The Things I Think >RFC 2100 >> Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land >Rover DII >> St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 >647 1274 -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
