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ACA Connects: Smaller Video Providers Pay 43% More Than Larger Providers For Retransmission Fees; + more news

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tc1uscg
join:2005-03-09
Gulfport, MS

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tc1uscg

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Cord-cutting just got even harder for sports fans

I wish cable providers would group ALL sports into one addon package, roll the RSF into it and let us who do not care for sports skip paying for shit we don't care for or watch. Yep, I can just dump cable all together but that's like giving up your car because you don't want drive on the POS roads.

leibold
MVM
join:2002-07-09
Sunnyvale, CA
Netgear CG3000DCR
ZyXEL P-663HN-51

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leibold

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AT&T Restores Service Following Major Outage Across South Florida

said by CBS4 :

In a statement released to CBS4, AT&T says, “Service has been restored for most wireless and wireline customers in the Miami area after an equipment failure at one of our facilities caused a service disruption. We apologize for the inconvenience.”

At the risk of starting another debate on what is or isn't a Single Point of Failure, "an equipment failure at one of our facilities" sure doesn't sound like a lot of redundancy.

Whatever that single piece of equipment at a single facility was, it managed to take down wired and wireless communications in several southern Florida counties (Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, possibly more). Some AT&T mobile phone users managed to make calls during the outage (perhaps roaming on another carrier?).

Indian River County Sheriff's office reported losing both 911 and administrative phone service.

There was one news outlet that claimed that the outage also effected Comcast customers in that area (not sure how accurate that claim is since it was not mentioned elsewhere).

In the AT&T Uverse forum, one effected user reports that new IPv4 and IPv6 addresses have been assigned after the outage.

What I find sad is that the Internet evolved out of a DARPA project to create a highly resilient network (each node being independent from others and traffic being able to route around broken links). Yet here we are with yet another reminder of just how fragile the Internet has become.
Traditional phone service is being replaced with IP based services which makes them dependent on the Internet. Taken together we get a widespread 911 outage from an equipment failure in one AT&T facility
Thistool
join:2013-12-05
Auburn, WA

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Thistool

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Pai clear and obvious

Lol recommending spectrum auction funds should go to a carrier slush fund of USF. On his way out the door. Anyone imagine he's planning for another lobbying job?? Really wish he would just retire to a foreign country were kissing up that much is a requirement for survival. North Korea ideally.
Kearnstd
Space Elf
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ

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Kearnstd

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Small providers pay more for content

I wonder why they dont form something like the cable company version of IGA or New Jersey's Shop Rite. In otherwords a sort of co-op or merchant group that buys and contracts as a whole. IGA did this for family owned supermarkets, Letting them access buying power similar to say a Stop&Shop.

Maybe small providers should do the same thing, form a buying group for content.