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Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions
From: Jeff Wheeler <jsw () inconcepts biz>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:08:49 -0500
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Leo Bicknell <bicknell () ufp org> wrote:
I will be the first to advocate the government use minimal to no regulation where there is active competition and consumer choice, and thus folks can "vote with their dollars". Broadband in the US is not in that boat. Too many consumers have a "choice" of a single provider. The vast majority of the rest have the "choice" of two providers. We make these monopoly or
I believe regulation of peering among the largest networks in the U.S. is a question of when and how, not if. The more these incidents make it into the news and attract the attention of public policy-makers, the closer that "when" may become. Comcast is either very clever, or very stupid, for timing this in such a way that it has been spun into an issue of who is streaming what into their customers' living rooms. -- Jeff S Wheeler <jsw () inconcepts biz>
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- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions, (continued)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Jack Bates (Nov 29)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Seth Mattinen (Nov 29)
- RE: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast'sActions Ben Butler (Nov 29)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Jon Lewis (Nov 30)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Justin M. Streiner (Nov 29)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Owen DeLong (Nov 29)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Christopher Morrow (Nov 29)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Leo Bicknell (Nov 29)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Joe Provo (Nov 29)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Leo Bicknell (Nov 29)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Jeff Wheeler (Nov 30)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Christopher Morrow (Nov 29)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Valdis . Kletnieks (Nov 29)
- Ratios & peering [was: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions] Patrick W. Gilmore (Nov 29)
- Re: Ratios & peering [was: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions] John Curran (Nov 30)
- Re: Ratios & peering [was: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions] Owen DeLong (Nov 30)
- Re: Ratios & peering [was: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions] Leo Bicknell (Nov 30)
- Re: Ratios & peering [was: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions] Matthew Petach (Nov 30)
- Re: Ratios & peering [was: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions] Leo Bicknell (Nov 30)
- Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast's Actions Owen DeLong (Nov 29)