MyDogHsFleas
Premium
join:2007-08-15
Austin, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T Southwest
| reply to Karl Bode
Re: Must be law
said by Karl Bode  :When you've got a 280MB monthly cap that, if broken, results in your connection being throttled back to 14kbps... everything kills satellite Internet connections. That's exactly correct. My co-worker I was referring to got some kind of "professional" level subscription that did not have the caps. Pretty much required if you're going to be a heavy user. |
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nunya biz
@keybank.com
| reply to MyDogHsFleas
"I can choose my broadband provider from cable (Time Warner), aDSL or VDSL (AT&T), or satellite (WildBlue or HughesNet)"
Maybe you can but I cant either! Anyone who thinks satellite is a viable solution for all is not aware of the high latency involved. Forget about playing games and no chance of VOIP, anything that needs a "good" low latency connection is out of the question. I have 2 choices and thats it! Cable is a high latency drag around here. Every once in a while a small guy pops up and gives the ISP game a whirl. They cannot compete, they cant under bid the Host Telco and the bundling that is offered. And they just end up calling the host telco with issues anyway.
I have spoken with them before and it was like talking to a 5 year old who knew about computers.
"How fast is the connection?: we cant promise any speeds. I know that, but what kind of connection is it?: ya see we cant promise any level of connection speed. Ok, Is it 128up 3down?: same answer.........never mind." is kinda how it went.
There are always posts here asking for service. In my ISP forum, there are always people asking when service is schedule to roll out. There is no competition in a lot of the country. |
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tkarr
@optonline.net
| reply to Ahrenl
Three reasons that this bill is important and should be passed.
1. IT IS THE RIGHT BILL FOR RIGHT NOW.
There is an urgent need for legislation that protects against efforts by phone and cable companies to block the free flow of information online. Recent examples include Comcast blocking peer-to-peer applications; Verizon censoring NARAL’s text messages; and AT&T's plans to start filtering all Internet traffic for copyright violations. We must send a strong and clear message that telco and cable plans to muck with content and discriminate in favor of themselves and their buddies will not be tolerated.
2. THE BILL MAKES NET NEUTRALITY THE LAW OF THE LAND.
The bill is a major first step in a forward-thinking communications policy. It modernizes the Communications Act -- the foundation of media policy -- to ensure that Net Neutrality protections apply to new broadband services, just as they did to dial-up. It ensures that economic innovation, democratic participation and free speech will continue to flourish on the Internet by stopping would-be gatekeepers from discriminatory blocking or interfering with content. It gives the FCC a clear mandate to protect Net Neutrality everywhere.
3. THE BILL OPENS UP A NATIONAL CONVERSATION.
It calls for a nationwide series of public hearings. For too long, communications policy has been made behind closed doors without public input. By taking the debate beyond the Beltway, we have a unique, grassroots opportunity to tell Congress that high-priced phone and cable lobbyists will no longer set the agenda.
If you agree, the best way to help out is by calling your representative and getting his/her name added to the bill:
»www.savetheinternet.com/
Tim Karr
Free Press |
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Drywall
@comcast.net
| reply to MyDogHsFleas
And I'm sure the monthly cost for this satellite service is competitive with Cable/DSL prices.... not.
Cable and DSL are fungible; satellite simply isn't. It's not competitive from a cost/performance standpoint. The only people using satellite are people who can't get cable or DSL. Thus, it's not really a legitimate option for switching should a consumer wish to penalize their ISP for being non-neutral.
Having 2-3 firms to choose from isn't really competition, it's oligopoly. Or have you forgotten your Econ 101 lessons on the four basic types of markets? |
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