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Ah, I didn't know that.

Anonymous PS — Tue, 06 May 2014 00:03:37 +0000

Ah, I didn't know that. Thanks. P

It's hard for consumers to

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 05 May 2014 19:43:20 +0000

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It's hard for consumers to "demand" anything when there's nowhere else to go. TWC has a monopoly here. Some buildings have RCN. Not mine. And while I would like more choice, I'm not about to go occupy the Time-Warner center (which is no longer affiliated with Time-Warner cable in any case).

This will probably be where

trkingmomoe — Mon, 05 May 2014 18:55:58 +0000

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This will probably be where the change comes because consumers will demand more choices or for the communities to set up their own internet utility. Having a public option for services is going to grow as a populous movement.

There is an organized push

trkingmomoe — Mon, 05 May 2014 18:43:44 +0000

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There is an organized push back from consumers and small providers. I also know other countries are committed to net neutrality. This ruling will cause a brain drain because innovation will leave the US. Europe and South America is more then happy to fill that role.

My only option is

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 05 May 2014 18:18:47 +0000

In reply to I am hooked up to Mediacom

My only option is Time-Warner, which sucks, or DSL, which sucks. I live in the densest city in America yet only have one cable provider

Thanks!

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 05 May 2014 18:13:19 +0000

In reply to That's some timely history,

Thanks!

The internet is public.

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 05 May 2014 18:12:56 +0000

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The internet is public. What's not public is the "last mile" from the internet into your home.

I am hooked up to Mediacom

Richard Day — Mon, 05 May 2014 16:46:47 +0000

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I am hooked up to Mediacom for my television and my internet connection.

Basic cable is provided to everyone through their rent in this building. You cannot escape this 'hook-up'.

I pay another forty bucks for internet that includes a telephone hook up.

Now I woke up last week to discover that my basic cable hook up no longer includes CSPAN. I can opt in to some local plus tv thingy, but I will have to pay more for it.

Now I can receive CSPAN on line anyway so who cares?

Well, I have no choice as to cable service at this location. I mean if I went for something like DIRECT SATTELITE I would still be paying MEDIACOM per my rental contract!

Oh and I lose CSPAN but I can now have two Fox Sports stations along with two ESPN stations! With the Big Ten network, I now have access to five sport stations. hahahah

There was a copywriter I knew

Anonymous PS — Mon, 05 May 2014 16:42:32 +0000

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There was a copywriter I knew who wrote a headline back in the late 90s: There's A New Railroad Across America...referring to the Internet, but drawing only the benign analogies of course.

I don't know the intricacies, but one solution would've been to have treated the Internet like the airwaves as public property. After the government, if not Al Gore, did lay down the infrastructure for the Web, did it not?

That's some timely history,

Doctor Cleveland — Mon, 05 May 2014 16:19:59 +0000

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That's some timely history, sir. Well done.