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| Mr Gray | May 6 2014, 12:42 PM Post #16 |
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Both are good questions and comments, which is why I asked the question at the very beginning. It wasn't meant to be a rhetorical question brother I really don't know who paid for all that infrastructure. |
![]() The body knows what fighters don't: how to protect itself. A neck can only twist so far. Twist it just a hair more and the body says, "Hey, I'll take it from here because you obviously don't know what you're doing... Lie down now, rest, and we'll talk about this when you regain your senses." It's called the knockout mechanism. | |
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| dreachon | May 6 2014, 01:30 PM Post #17 |
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Let's pretend the ISPs paid for much of the infrastructure, but of course that infrastructure goes through public land completely free. How should this be handled? Allow the FCC to reclassify them or no? |
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| Mr Gray | May 6 2014, 03:46 PM Post #18 |
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In your example scenario, do all competitors and potential competitors have the same access to running lines to the free public land? FYI, I realize this is just your hypothetical, but in reality they do actually pay a fee to the state and or county for use of the easement. |
![]() The body knows what fighters don't: how to protect itself. A neck can only twist so far. Twist it just a hair more and the body says, "Hey, I'll take it from here because you obviously don't know what you're doing... Lie down now, rest, and we'll talk about this when you regain your senses." It's called the knockout mechanism. | |
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| dreachon | May 6 2014, 03:53 PM Post #19 |
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Lol. Honestly have no idea. Why I'm no good at hypotheticals. Do you now that ISPs pay fees for use of the land or are you guessing? Because I haven't heard that is the case. |
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| Mr Gray | May 6 2014, 04:16 PM Post #20 |
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yeah, I know they do...I hold a small public office and I see it on our financials. So to answer your original question, if all competitors have the same access to the public land, then let them compete, and whoever offers the best service/value combination wins. If the public land has been given to one provider free or at a cost, but nobody else has access to it, then they should have to operate the way the taxpayers want them to. |
![]() The body knows what fighters don't: how to protect itself. A neck can only twist so far. Twist it just a hair more and the body says, "Hey, I'll take it from here because you obviously don't know what you're doing... Lie down now, rest, and we'll talk about this when you regain your senses." It's called the knockout mechanism. | |
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| dreachon | May 7 2014, 07:36 AM Post #21 |
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As with most things we discuss on here it appears the issue is more complicated than we know. Here is a quote from Wiki.
So it appears that most ISPs simply rent infrastructure from phone companies. It could be that the only infrastructure they're actually building is from the main trunk lines to your house. I'm honestly not sure. In the end though, the internet was established with a set of protocols designed to keep it open and accessible. I believe it needs to stay that way. |
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| Mr Gray | May 7 2014, 11:21 AM Post #22 |
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Link? |
![]() The body knows what fighters don't: how to protect itself. A neck can only twist so far. Twist it just a hair more and the body says, "Hey, I'll take it from here because you obviously don't know what you're doing... Lie down now, rest, and we'll talk about this when you regain your senses." It's called the knockout mechanism. | |
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| dreachon | May 7 2014, 01:28 PM Post #23 |
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Well it's very jargony language but you can look here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_protocol_suite With a focus on the "Key architectural principles"
It's designed to facilitate communication and pull whataver data is requested of it with no preferential treatment of or descrimination against any data. |
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| dreachon | May 7 2014, 01:30 PM Post #24 |
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Less jargony http://www.fcc.gov/openinternet
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| Mr Gray | May 12 2014, 11:56 AM Post #25 |
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fair enough, but don't you think that there is a distinction between what "flows across the internet" from what flows across a private companies trunk lines? Let's just walk through a simple scenario. I personally live in the boonies, so I only have access to satellite internet, which isn't as fast as other forms. What if I personally decided to purchase access to the ground in my area and deliver high speed service to the 100 or so houses in a 10 mile radius who also don't have access. I pay for everything myself, and in my contract with my customers, it says that I have the right to give preferential bandwidth to all streaming IU games, but Purdue games will be flowing at around 56K. Can I do that (notice...I said "can I do that", meaning should it be legal, not "should I do that"). |
![]() The body knows what fighters don't: how to protect itself. A neck can only twist so far. Twist it just a hair more and the body says, "Hey, I'll take it from here because you obviously don't know what you're doing... Lie down now, rest, and we'll talk about this when you regain your senses." It's called the knockout mechanism. | |
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| dreachon | May 12 2014, 03:30 PM Post #26 |
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I'll preface this by saying that I'm still unclear exactly who pays for what infrastructure so your scenario may not in fact currently be in practice by any ISP. Honest answer, I think it completely depends on how you view the internet. I think many people view it as a public commodity. The internet is a thing that no one produces and no one owns. Think of it like getting water from the water company. You can choose whether or not to pay for water, but if you do choose to pay for it, then the company gives you water. All or none. So if you contract with a company to receive internet, then you get the whole internet. Not parts or bits. This may sound crazy to you, I know. |
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| HoosierLars | May 12 2014, 04:35 PM Post #27 |
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Given that only me, a couple of farmers, and maybe a couple of OHB posters will be watching, we should still get descent performance. |
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| dreachon | May 16 2014, 10:07 AM Post #28 |
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The FCC voted top open the discussion for public comment in an attempt to craft a proposal that will gaurantee net neutrality. Their current idea is to forbid ISPs from intentionally slowing down internet service to any website while at the same time allowing websites to pay an extra fee to receive faster service. For the life of me, I still don't understand why speed of service is being charged to the websites and not the consumers. |
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| dreachon | Jun 6 2014, 11:01 AM Post #29 |
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Pretty funny rant on net neutrality here. Good at highlighting the monopoly aspect and the fact that the current head of the FCC used to be a top lobbyist for Comcast, which I'm SURE doesn't affect anything. Just for you aaron and lars....thanks Obama! [utube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbOEoRrHyU[/utube] |
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| Mr Gray | Jun 6 2014, 11:27 AM Post #30 |
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hey dreach, I was thinking about this yesterday as I watched Comcast burying some lines. What if I, Mr. Gray Inc, had a website that sold all sorts of Mr. Gray memorabilia that mostly appealed to rural folks and farmers. In order for me to boost my website, I decided to invest millions of dollars of my own money, become an ISP and run fiber out to farmers all throughout the midwest for about $40 per month. The only caveat to my service is that my website is always the home page on any browser, and my website has more bandwidth allocated to it than any other site. Disregard whether or not this would be a good business decision or not and assume as a part of my investment I have acquired easment right of way to bury the line.....should I be allowed to do this? |
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