Pirate Bay suffering unreachable errors

2011-05-12 Thread Steve Schultze
Anybody on this list have any insights on the reports of Pirate Bay unreachability? http://torrentfreak.com/comcast-blocked-the-pirate-bay-110512/ http://www.fastcompany.com/1752986/why-is-comcast-blocking-the-pirate-bay http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/12/is-comcast-blocking-the-pirate-bay/

Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style

2010-12-20 Thread Steve Schultze
On Dec 20, 2010, at 1:09 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: >> Cities currently do not recoup anything from telephone and internet >> services. Cities are capped at 5% of gross revenue from video services, and >> the definition of what they can recoup has been consistently narrowed by the >> FCC, as I note

Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style

2010-12-20 Thread Steve Schultze
Evidently this list is interested in telecommunications law. I was worried it would be considered OT, but since people are talking about it, here are some clarifications... On Dec 19, 2010, at 8:20 PM, Bryan Fields wrote: > On 12/19/2010 20:09, Leo Bicknell wrote: >> They have been granted a mo

Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style

2010-12-20 Thread Steve Schultze
On Dec 20, 2010, at 3:45 AM, JC Dill wrote: > On 19/12/10 10:55 PM, George Bonser wrote: >> http://www.sfgate.com/blogs/images/sfgate/beltran/2009/07/24/Tina_modotti_wires447x625.jpg > > This is not the result of many different providers, it's the result of one > provider stringing many lines to

Re: "potential new and different architectural approach" to solve the Comcast - L3 dispute

2010-12-17 Thread Steve Schultze
00 p.m. (EST) Friday, > December 17 through 6:00 a.m. (EST) Monday, December 20 for scheduled > maintenance. > > > :( > > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Steve Schultze wrote: > > > That is a reasonable guess, but Level3's FCC filing yesterday spells >

Re: "potential new and different architectural approach" to solve the Comcast - L3 dispute

2010-12-17 Thread Steve Schultze
On Dec 17, 2010, at 12:35 PM, Jeff Wheeler wrote: > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Benson Schliesser > wrote: >> I have no direct knowledge of the situation, but my guess: I suspect the >> proposal was along the lines of longest-path / best-exit routing by >> Level(3). In other words, if L(

Level 3 petitions FCC for conditions on Comcast/NBCU merger

2010-12-17 Thread Steve Schultze
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/view?id=6016064625

Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style

2010-12-17 Thread Steve Schultze
On Dec 17, 2010, at 11:46 AM, Dave Temkin wrote: > George Bonser wrote: >>> What I think George's >>> comment >>> does not completely appreciate is that (ideally) cities are imposing >>> such requirements at the behest of and for the benefit of the (local) >>> public, whereas private constraints o

Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style

2010-12-17 Thread Steve Schultze
George Bonser wrote: > What would any provider think if a city said "sure, you can have access > to our residents' eyeballs. It will cost you $5 per subscriber per month". > Would Comcast or anyone go for that? Dave Temkin wrote: > These are exactly what Franchise Agreements are for. Yes, cit