---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <8u1hudptgsi2orbm10aofn8kuefam52d4k@4ax.com> Date: 11 Nov 2018 14:55:14 -0500 From: "Pete Cresswell" <PeteCress@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Re: Robert Reich: Living in a New Gilded Age Per Neal McLain: >--> In most locations, the local telephone company (DSL, FiOS, etc.) Proposing DSL as a realistic alternative seems to me like a debater's point at best. Last time I used DSL, it was maddeningly slow - and that was many years ago when web pages were nowhere near as complex/graphic-laden as they are now. Even text email was no prize with DSL. Here in the suburbs of Philadelphia PA, we have two choices: Comcast and Verizon FIOS. I have FIOS and no complaints, but my #1 daughter-the-farmer about an hour west has one "Choice" and it sucks pretty bad - to the point where when I TeamViewer into her PC to troubleshoot something it's close to useless response-time-wise. -- Pete Cresswell ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181112172545.GA29900@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 12:25:45 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Catlin easily defeats Cagin for Colorado House seat By Jim Mimiaga Republican Rep. Marc Catlin, of Montrose, has been elected to represent the 58th District House of Representative seat in the Colorado Legislature. ... Catlin has supported successful legislation supporting rural broadband and rural hospitals ... Catlin was successful in passing House Bill 1099, a law that deals with internet providers' right of first refusal, an issue that drew attention in Southwest Colorado last year when Elevate, run by the nonprofit Delta-Montrose Electric Association co-op, bid to provide local high-speed fiber-optic service. But CenturyLink had the right of refusal and took over the grant. In Ridgway, it then installed slower copper lines. https://the-journal.com/articles/116269 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181112180554.GA29979@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 13:05:54 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Supreme Court declines industry appeal to void 2016 net neutrality ruling The US Supreme Court has declined to hear a case brought by the telecom industry seeking to overturn a ruling that upheld the previous net neutrality rules, NPR reports. The industry had hoped to have the ruling quashed in order to avoid any continued legal precedent for the rules passed in 2015 under the Obama administration. The FCC has already passed new net neutrality rules, overturning much of the previous regulations. The regulator was also in favour of voiding the previous decision by the DC Circuit Court in 2016, said Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat on the commission. https://www.telecompaper.com/news/supreme-court-declines-industry-appeal-to-void-2016-net-neutrality-ruling--1267931 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 14 Nov 2018