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| riddle me this if competition is so robust, why are all the CLECs disappearing?
won't that make competition not so robust? and will this make the FCC, the incumbents and their astroturf orgs shut up about "robust" competition? (actually, that's a rhetorical question, as these groups will never shut up about "robust" competition, as long as there is one telco and one cableco) | |
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1 edit | The FCC is anti-consumer! The United States has been slipping broadband wise for the past six years. Right now, in deployment of broadband per 100,000 persons (the International standard) we are at NINTEENTH, down from 17th last year and 13th the year before! Canada is fourth or fifth.
What did the FCC do about this? They changed the rules so now they consider "broadband" to be any speed of 220K (four times dial up) or faster. Try to stream a video at that speed!
In other words, lower the standards to make the numbers look better..
THAT'S how the FCC works. It truly needs to be abolished. | |
| | bmn? ? ?Premium,ExMod 2003-06
join:2001-03-15
hiatus | Re: The FCC is anti-consumer! said by qworster:THAT'S how the FCC works. It truly needs to be abolished. Whoa, whoa, whoa... Let's not go that far... Without the FCC, the radio spectrum in the US would be a disaster. If that happened, you could forget about WiMAX and (hopefully) the 700Mhz spectrum coming to the rescue.
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1 edit | No... The FCC needs to be replaced with a govt. agency that's non political, can't be 'bought' and is mainly run by engineers-the ones that UNDERSTAND how physics works and that it doesn't follow political laws and rules. | |
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| Re: No... To make FCC not political makes much sense as saying let make Nazis less racist. You are political' I am political, as long as the FCC is a government organization it will be political. the questions is who's. I just want the FCC to run on my politics of leaving business alone that yous of socialism. | |
| | | | | bmn? ? ?Premium,ExMod 2003-06
join:2001-03-15
hiatus | Re: No... said by Scatcatpdx:I just want the FCC to run on my politics of leaving business alone Right, because businesses have proven to be trustworthy over the last couple of centuries... Oh wait, no that's not the case.
For example, the reason the FCC even exists is BECAUSE of business. The radio spectrum was a disaster before they came into being and licensed spectrum because radio stations were running will nilly through the spectrum, causing interference and trying to use the same channels as other stations.
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4 edits | Correct! The FRC and later the FCC came into existance because back in the 1920's non-regulated radio stations threatened to destroy the radio business. The FCC of yesteryear (until the 1960's) followed this mandate: use the PUBLIC airwaves for the: "Public Interest, Convienence and Necessity".
However....starting with Nixon, the FCC began 'bending over' to big business. It's SO bad today that the FCC actually just passed regulations that CAUSE INTERFERENCE to existing AM and FM broadcasts! It's called IBOC digital radio.
Just wait until after September 14th, when AM reception at night gets so bad that you'll be lucky to hear your local stations clearly-let alone that distant one you used to like to listen to at night.
In other words, the FCC of today is doing the REVERSE of what the mandate that CREATED them orders them to do!
I haven't mentioned cell phones. HMM..in every other country, there's ONE STANDARD and people can buy ONE PHONE and freely use it among ANY carrier. Here in the USA the FCC has seen to it that we have THREE STANDARDS (finally changing to two), all incompatible, and it's IMPOSSIBLE to use phones bought for use with one carrier with another-even if the carriers run the SAME SYSTEMS! But you're happy with this..RIGHT???
We lag behind in just about everything here. Other countries have already adopted HDTV and shut down their analog systems. They also adopted FM HDTV (COFDM). What did WE adopt here-thanks to the FCC? AM HDTV (8-VSB). The quality difference is like music on AM vs FM. Not to mention that their system works in moving vehicles-ours does not.
Who are among the top 10 lobbiests in America? The National Association of Broadcasters, AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.
Who are they lobbying (read: BRIBING)? The FCC!!
Basically, the FCC is for sale. It needs to be abolished and replaced with a government agency that's more like the old FCC...more pro consumer and less big business friendly. | |
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Chicago, IL Reviews:
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| Re: The FCC is anti-consumer! and thats all about greed....if the republicans weren't all excited about the money that they would be getting auction of the spectrum thats being freed by the moved to digital, then there wouldn't be that spectrum
Lets talk about that USF black hole that hasn't done one lick of good to get broadband out to the rural areas, its become a giant "slush fund" for the telcos...and they contribute heavily to our politicians so that will never change....
I do blame the FCC...they are more concerned about Janet Jacksons "Wardrobe malfunction" than the fact that we are shooting ourselves in the foot with our lack of planning about broadband and tachnology...look at our power grids and other infrastructure.....gotta have something collapse before we do something about it (Do I hear a bridge collapsing cause we don't put money into infrastructure?)...
same premise...
Kevin
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| | | |  N3OGHYo Soy Col. "Bat" GuanoPremium
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kudos:1 | Re: The FCC is anti-consumer! said by kcblack:.gotta have something collapse before we do something about it (Do I hear a bridge collapsing cause we don't put money into infrastructure?)... same premise... Um, last I heard they were trying to pin that on the acidity of pigeon droppings.
Or are pigeons George Bush's fault too? 
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| | | | | | said by kcblack:gotta have something collapse before we do something about it (Do I hear a bridge collapsing cause we don't put money into infrastructure?)... same premise... Kevin And with that comment, you officially lose all credibility.
Case in point:
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Never say Virginia doesn't know how to take advantage of a loophole. A few years ago, while the General Assembly failed to fund needed transportation improvements, state highway officials pulled off a devious trick to receive federal road dollars.
Congress has known for decades that the nation's bridges were aging and in need of care, so it created a Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program to funnel millions to states to pay for bridge work.
It left a loophole, though. States could receive the money for bridges and then transfer some of it to other highway projects. The Washington Post found that states have shifted more than $2 billion since 2002. In Virginia and Maryland, more than $30 million danced over the past four years to pay for road widening and street lights.
»www.roanoke.com/editorials/wb/wb/xp-129860
And Maryland is a VERY liberal state (can't speak for Virginia.) | |
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|  MrMoodyFree range slavePremium
join:2002-09-03
Smithfield, NC | While I mostly agree with your position, I keep seeing dialup quoted as 56K. 56K dialup exists only in marketing dreamland, I've never seen it work anywhere in reality. I've also never seen over 31K anywhere outside of DSL available territory, it takes a really clean line, and it's usually more like 21-28K. Everyone I know stuck with a choice of dialup or satellite is running at that level dialup speed. | |
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