[PLUG-TALK] EFF on Google Fiber policy

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Rasmussen <michael at jamhome.us> writes:

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.

Russell> The DSL crowd that gets to control faster DSL is the phone
Russell> company (thanks FCC, thanks Congress), and they are just as
Russell> bad with regard to "server" silliness as the cable company
Russell> or, sadly, google.

Michael> What? Every DSL term of use I agreed to allowed running
Michael> servers.  All of them.

That's old school DSL, with the DSLAMs in the PUC-regulated central
office.  To get faster, they have to deploy the DSLAMs in neighborhood
closets (so-called fiber-to-the-node).  The ILEC gets exclusive access
to those customers, no more ISP shopping like before.


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Russell Senior, President
russell at personaltelco.net