[ale] OT: FCC and ISP

[Jonathan Meek]

Here's a great article that the register had on their website about the
Verizon vs. FCC case:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/18/why_almost_everyone_got_the_net_neutrality_verdict_wrong/

If I understood the article correctly, the courts ruled that while FCC has
the power to enforce the net neutrality rules, it cannot just write them
and placed them under the classic "common provider" rules that are used for
voice service since Congress has passed laws that make voice service
different from data service.


On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 12:22 PM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

> I ended up with 2 coax lines from the street - a for TV + residential ISP
> and b
> for commercial ISP.  A few months later, canceled the residential TV and
> ISP.
> The 'b' cable was new, thicker and took a 100% shorter run to the
> demarcation
> point - better signal.
>
> Comcast was extremely clear that having "commercial TV" over the business
> line
> in a residential neighborhood was forbidden by the public utility
> commission.
> Perhaps residential TV could share the same line - don't know. Dumped CATV
> for
> antennas a while ago. Getting 65 channels OTA from Cobb county.
>
> Using the term "commicast" seems completely inappropriate. They are
> definitely
> capitalists, not communists or socialists. ;) Their stock price has been
> beating
> the SP500 the last 3 yrs or so. Capitalists, definitely.
>
> On 01/19/2014 09:44 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > If you have commercial internet, they'll string the TV  as well.
> >
> > Don't take no for an answer. They can string that anywhere they have
> cable internet.
> >
> > On Jan 19, 2014 7:29 AM, "JD" <jdp at algoloma.com <mailto:jdp at algoloma.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> >     A person said that or a crappy automatic system?
> >     Commercial TV is not allowed at residential addresses, but
> commercial internet
> >     is. The only reason I would guess it isn't available would be if the
> building is
> >     an apartment and another line cannot be put in. Even then, I'd call
> and talk to
> >     a real person.
> >
> >     On 01/18/2014 11:33 PM, Raylynn Knight wrote:
> >     > Except commiecast says commercial service is not available at my
> address!
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