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| Author: | The_Hatta [ Sun Apr 18, 2010 8:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Still little to do about a BAD ISP |
"The Washington Post reinforces the grim situation on Net Neutrality and : 'The FCC's research shows that 78 percent of American households have and that 13 percent have one. Don't expect that to improve. Many competing DSL services have left the market, spurred by in 2005 and other corporate consolidations. A few months ago, for instance, AT&T elected to close its WorldNet DSL service. Meanwhile, technologies that were once promoted as alternatives to phone and cable-based services have flopped. City-wide WiFi access ... turned out to be a business bust. The power-line broadband that then-FCC Chairman Michael Powell lauded as having "great promise" in 2004 fared no better: Last week, Manassas voted to unplug its pioneering service. ... We have a situation full of lawyerly jargon, with risks that can't be dramatized by putting a sick kid on a stage. I hope you like your Internet provider, because you may be stuck with it for a while.'" |
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