Shack
join:2002-01-17
Bloomington, IN | Sigh
Does anyone expect them to do anything? |
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HotRodFoto
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join:2003-04-19
Denver, CO | ....
Who is this idiot? Total moron....FCC it's high time your agency starts doing something instead of being redundent
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aaronfitz
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join:2004-03-06
Cedar Rapids, IA
| The FCC caves every time the telcos toss out a threat that they'll slow their broadband deployment if they don't get what they want. While this saddens and angers me at the same time, it really doesn't surprise me.
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King P
Don't blame me. I voted for Ron Paul
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join:2004-11-17
Inman, SC
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Yes
Seriously, the FCC is going to stay as uninvolved as possible. If it gets to a point where the Bells start whining about losing money, then the FCC will step in and make sure that we, the consumers, are screwed again.
Remember, these jerks were given millions of dollars from us, so that all of us could have fiber to the home by 2006. I want my freakin' money back...and thank you Telcom act of 1996 for making sure that I gave a lot of money to these fools, and yet they still haven't delivered what they promised.
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lgkahn
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join:2005-02-15
Londonderry, NH | wimp
when are they going to hire someone instead of nominating an idiotic politician that can't wipe his/her own ass without asking someone and making sure it is ok. |
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Cerabus12
Dial-up 4 Life
join:2005-08-09
Brooker, FL | reply to aaronfitz
Re: ....
I say we do away with the FCC and Telcos in general and just have one company provide broadband and that is it no more cable companies doing it just one compay and that is all they do or let the government set that up and just get rid of all teclos |
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IanR
join:2001-03-22
Madison, NJ
| reply to Shack
Re: Sigh
The FCC appears to ignore and thereby encourage these thoughts of tiers. WHich is malevolent neglect IMHO. However, when "push comes to shove" they have stopped inmstances of bad port blocking. So the precident of their stepping up finally exists. This guy would be better served by amking a blanket statement that tiers are not their prefered route. |
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rudnicke
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join:2004-10-23
Rantoul, IL
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Kevin Martin is a complete moron. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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Re: Sigh
said by Shack  : Does anyone expect them to do anything? Not unless it is necessary, and not until it is necessary. All the telco Sturm und Drang is just lobbying leading up to the congressional committees actions on rewriting the 1996 Telecomm Act. And the FCC is not going to do anything pending actions by the Congress on rewriting the laws.
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viperpa33s
Why Me?
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join:2002-12-20
Bradenton, FL
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This is why the United States is ranked 16th in broadband deployment cause the FCC don't know what they are doing. It seems the FCC don't have there own policies or set of guidelines in place for broadband or the internet as a whole.
The FCC will sit on there butts for a couple of years before or if they actually do anything. In the meantime 2 tier internet will be so hard to get rid of that the FCC will just say, Oh Well. |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
·Comcast
| our only hope
it pains me to say this, but the only hope for broadband in this country rests with Congress.
The FCC is in full deregulation mode and apparently only listens to the incumbent industry, so I don't expect them to do squat except make things worse.
The recent hearing (Tuesday?) on broadband neutrality was somewhat encouraging as a slight majority of Senators seemed to understand what was at stake. |
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cableties
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join:2005-01-27 | FCC=neutered.
I'm afraid sir, you lack not only vision, but balls. The FCC is the tool of media corporations. Good luck, and good night.;) |
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GhostDoggy
join:2005-05-11
Duluth, GA
| It is there networks, you know.
Folks, while we can all sit here in front of the keyboard complaining about what 'might' come of the network owner threats, we must all recognize that it is their network, and 'their' being shareholders.
If you wanted something other than 'best effort' service from one of these providers, go pay for it. If you do not like the abuse that these network owners are threatening, then don't use them.
Like the FCC, most consumers will just complain and do nothing more. Few change services. My suggestion is to drop your provider and help your local municipality start a muni broadband project. Go get'em, tiger!  |
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rileyjam514
There You Go Again...
join:2005-06-26
Kearny, NJ
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Re: Sigh
There isn't anything the FCC could do with pending congressional action on telecom legislation as broad as the rewrite.
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| how it happens
Ed Whitacre to Kevin Martin: "Bark, Kevin - bark like a doggy for me!"
Kevin Martin: "Woof! Woof! Woof!"
Ed Whitacre: "good boy, now bend over for my friend Ivan!"
Ivan Seidenberg: "that's it, boy! Say you're my little bitch!"
Kevin Martin: "I'm your little bitch! I'll do whatever you want!"
Ed Whitacre: "He knows where his bread is buttered, Ivan - don't you Kevin?"
Kevin Martin: "Yes! Yes, I want a job after the FCC! Am I doing OK, sir?"
Ivan and Ed, in unison: "We'll see, boy, we'll see!"
And so it goes..... |
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL | Yahoo is sucking this up
They love the fact the the telcos are going after Google and Yahoo's other rivals on this one since Yahoo has co-branded packages with all three telcos |
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Jamuka
join:2005-06-06 | reply to Cerabus12
Re: ....
Oh, yea, let the government take care of it - and screw it up like they do just about everything else!! NOT! |
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ieolus
Support The Clecs
join:2001-06-19
Duluth, GA
| Funny, you seem to have electricity as you are connected to the Internet...
The government (whether Federal, State, or Local) does quite well providing universal services to the citizens. It is pure right-wing bullshit to say what you said.
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lgkahn
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join:2005-02-15
Londonderry, NH | dd
much easier said than done.. in many areas there is only 1 broadband provider... ie verizon etc. so although you may not like what they are doing.. you don't have a choice |
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jimbo2150
join:2004-05-10
Youngstown, OH
| New Telecom Act...
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6036677.html
You do realize that we, the consumer, are ganna get screwed again when this is released. Probably more so than the '96 Act. My guess: more money spent, more empty promises, less services (or quality there of). |
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