Ask Skype just how easy it is to do that with a dual-stacked service. Owen
On Jul 21, 2014, at 10:29 , Jason Iannone <[email protected]> wrote: > Seems like as good at time as any for Netflix to go distributed peer to peer. > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Jay Ashworth <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 <[email protected]> >> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>>> [email protected] >>>> 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.
