BTW: There are no government-enforced monopolies anywhere in the US, aside from possibly Native American reservations.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edwin Pers" <ep...@ansencorp.com> To: "Mike Hammett" <na...@ics-il.net> Cc: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 10:03:52 AM Subject: RE: Free access to measurement network Yes, the fact that both the city I work in and the town I live in have local govt-enforced monopolies reinforces the statement that I've (and all the other people near me) been voting with our collective wallets this entire time -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 10:23 AM Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Free access to measurement network It's a consumer thing. If consumers wanted more options, they would be supporting those options with their wallets. They don't. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Tulyev" <max...@netassist.ua> To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 4:43:54 AM Subject: Re: Free access to measurement network So for my point of view, better solution is to push some law that ease access to the buildings for ISPs. 15.12.17 19:40, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu пише: > On Fri, 15 Dec 2017 07:47:42 -0500, Dovid Bender said: >> What kind of internet are these devices on? With Net Neutrality gone >> here in the US it would be a good way to measure certain services >> such as SIP to see which ISP's if any are tampering with packets. > > Given previous history, the answer will probably be "most of them". > > "The results are not inspiring. More than 129 million people are > limited to a single provider for broadband Internet access using the > FCC definition of 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload. Out of those 129 > million Americans, about 52 million must obtain Internet access from a > company that has violated network neutrality protections in the past and > continues to undermine the policy today. > > In locations where subscribers have the benefit of limited > competition, the situation isn't much better. Among the 146 million > Americans with the ability to choose between two providers, 48 million > Americans must choose between two companies that have a record of violating > network neutrality." > > https://muninetworks.org/content/177-million-americans-harmed-net-neut > rality >
