Re: wireless broadband providers exist

2023-12-20 Thread John Hasler
Jeff writes: > I would probably contact the FCC and see what their [the FTC] position > is when a city attempts to grant a monopoly to a service provider. Cities can decide who they allow to string cables over or under their streets. They can't regulate radio, though. > It does not affect your d

Re: wireless broadband providers exist

2023-12-20 Thread John Hasler
pocket writes: > wireless "high-speed" Internet access is prohibited as stated in the > agreement (made in the year 1995) between city council and time warner > who was bought out by charter/spectrum That's binding on the city government, not on you. In the USA the city can deny a wireless provid

Re: wireless broadband providers exist

2023-12-20 Thread Pocket
On 12/20/23 20:45, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 8:04 PM Pocket wrote: On 12/20/23 19:48, The Wanderer wrote: On 2023-12-20 at 19:39, Felix Miata wrote: Pocket composed on 2023-12-20 17:55 (UTC-0500): Actually I can not change as the ISP has exclusive rights to the high sp

Re: wireless broadband providers exist

2023-12-20 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 8:04 PM Pocket wrote: > > > On 12/20/23 19:48, The Wanderer wrote: > > On 2023-12-20 at 19:39, Felix Miata wrote: > > Pocket composed on 2023-12-20 17:55 (UTC-0500): > > Actually I can not change as the ISP has exclusive rights to the high > speed internet in the area I res

Re: wireless broadband providers exist

2023-12-20 Thread Pocket
On 12/20/23 20:28, Felix Miata wrote: Pocket composed on 2023-12-20 19:55 (UTC-0500): Felix Miata wrote: Pocket composed on 2023-12-20 17:55 (UTC-0500): Actually I can not change as the ISP has exclusive rights to the high speed internet in the area I reside in. That's how it was where I l

Re: wireless broadband providers exist

2023-12-20 Thread Felix Miata
Pocket composed on 2023-12-20 19:55 (UTC-0500): > Felix Miata wrote: >> Pocket composed on 2023-12-20 17:55 (UTC-0500): >>> Actually I can not change as the ISP has exclusive rights to the high >>> speed internet in the area I reside in. That's how it was where I live now when I moved here, whe

Re: wireless broadband providers exist

2023-12-20 Thread Pocket
On 12/20/23 19:48, The Wanderer wrote: On 2023-12-20 at 19:39, Felix Miata wrote: Pocket composed on 2023-12-20 17:55 (UTC-0500): Actually I can not change as the ISP has exclusive rights to the high speed internet in the area I reside in. No other providers are allowed. That could be a hi

Re: wireless broadband providers exist

2023-12-20 Thread Pocket
On 12/20/23 19:39, Felix Miata wrote: Pocket composed on 2023-12-20 17:55 (UTC-0500): Actually I can not change as the ISP has exclusive rights to the high speed internet in the area I reside in. No other providers are allowed. That could be a historical concept, depending exactly on where y

Re: wireless broadband providers exist

2023-12-20 Thread The Wanderer
On 2023-12-20 at 19:39, Felix Miata wrote: > Pocket composed on 2023-12-20 17:55 (UTC-0500): > >> Actually I can not change as the ISP has exclusive rights to the high >> speed internet in the area I reside in. >> >> No other providers are allowed. > > That could be a historical concept, depen

Re: wireless broadband providers exist (was: lists)

2023-12-20 Thread Felix Miata
Pocket composed on 2023-12-20 17:55 (UTC-0500): > Actually I can not change as the ISP has exclusive rights to the high > speed internet in the area I reside in. > > No other providers are allowed. That could be a historical concept, depending exactly on where you live. Some of us mericans who