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[News] [OT] FCC Defends Shared Monopoly, Market/Customer Abuse

  • Subject: [News] [OT] FCC Defends Shared Monopoly, Market/Customer Abuse
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:04:21 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Is FCC destroying the open Internet?

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| The fact of a shared monopoly is, in many places, just that — a fact. When 
| carriers are given an exclusive right to provide service on lines they “own,” 
| the public network-of-networks becomes merely a private network.  
| 
| Such monopolies, whether public or private, provide enormous temptation for 
| mischief. No matter how good the motives of those who create such temptation, 
| it follows as night does day that others with less pure motives will follow 
| them.   
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1737

Net neutrality may not resolve Comcast vs. BitTorrent

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| Comcast's recent efforts to throttle file transfers that use the BitTorrent 
| protocol have led to a renewed call for Congress to enact stiff Net 
| neutrality laws.  
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http://www.news.com/Net-neutrality-may-not-resolve-Comcast-vs.-BitTorrent/2100-1028_3-6220802.html?tag=newsmap

Fight for a wireless Internet being lost

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| And Google is the only “white knight” with the financial wherewithal and 
| motivation tQuoteo create a true wireless Internet. 
| 
| The alternative strategy is political. We the people own the electromagnetic 
| spectrum, not the government, not Verizon. We own it. We have the power to 
| change our leaders and demand a wireless Internet.  
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1748

The Microsofts of networking.


Related:

FCC ignores more than 100 years of wisdom

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| In 1883 French cryptographer Auguste Kerckhoffs published a set of six 
| design principles for military encryption systems. The second of these
| principles is generally known today under the observation that security 
| through obscurity is not security. The Federal Communications Commission 
| (FCC) seems not to have read the history books or to be aware of how its
|  sister federal agencies develop security standards....
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http://www.infoworld.nl/idgns/bericht.phtml?id=002570DE00740E1800257313005EC092


The FCC, FOSS, and software radios: a mixed bag

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| After studying the new rules -- published in the Federal Register last month 
| and taking effect today -- the SFLC concluded that the laws are not 
| FOSS-restrictive because they "apply to hardware manufacturers who distribute 
| SDR devices, regardless if they use FOSS in them or not." And the Center says 
| that since the rules specifically mention the GNU/Linux operating system, the 
| FCC is actually acknowledging the importance of open source.     
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http://www.linux.com/feature/116769


Is The FCC Blocking Wireless Competition?

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| With the nationwide expansion of fiber-optic wiring and digital delivery at 
| the turn of the century, the federal government reclaimed and is still 
| reclaiming large amounts of spectrum.  
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http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/2007/09/07/is-the-fcc-blocking-wireless-competition

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