[PLUG-TALK] EFF on Google Fiber policy

Ronald Chmara ronabop at gmail.com
Tue Aug 13 02:56:01 UTC 2013


1. Pay for what you want to use.
2. There is no step 2.

If you want a dedicated, high speed, high CIR line, pay for it. Many
organizations are happy to sell them to you. If, however, you *don't* want
a dedicated, high speed, connection, and just want end-user cheap speeds,
it's kind of weird to complain about not getting what you aren't paying for.

IIRC, fiber last-haul gets what, 20Mbps or something? (Doesn't really
matter, it's just a placeholder for the math). So, you can totally get to
that same speed, without any "server" restrictions, ISP "usage rules", for
about $10,000 a month, Pretty reasonable prices these days. Provided you're
willing to pay for it.


On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Russell Senior
<russell at personaltelco.net>wrote:

> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Rasmussen <michael at jamhome.us> writes:
>
> Michael> Seems they agree it is a bad thing.
> Michael>
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/google-fiber-continues-awful-isp-tradition-banning-servers
>
> Michael> If the DSL crowd could get its act together and offer higher
> Michael> bandwidths further from the CO they could grab all of the
> Michael> dissatisfied market.
>
> The DSL crowd that gets to control faster DSL is the phone company
> (thanks FCC, thanks Congress), and they are just as bad with regard to
> "server" silliness as the cable company or, sadly, google.  There is
> no escape, except by either paying the predatory monopolists or owning
> the infrastructure yourself collectively with your fellow victims.
>
>
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