[ale] OT: FCC and ISP

[Lightner, Jeff]

The more AT&T talks about their offerings the uverse it gets…






From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Sean Kilpatrick
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 1:36 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: FCC and ISP


But how do you GET to your ISP of choice? Right now I have only two choices: AT&T and Comcast. I would think you only have a choice of ISPs if you are still using DSL. With DSL today's webpages would take FOREVER to load.

Sean

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On Thursday, January 16, 2014 11:51:22 am Damon L. Chesser wrote:

> Not in line as it is not directly responding, but:

>

> I thought the Freedom Foundation and such were opposed to net

> neutrality? But it seems that you are saying it is a good thing? I

> would think that market pressures would come to bare as they have in

> cell phone rates: ie, who carries a contract when you can get

> unlimited for $45 and you just bring a phone? Seems like ISPs

> would/could do the same thing. go with an expensive network provider

> or go with Fred's cut rate one size fits all. Just curious and

> checking out my understanding of the situation.

>





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