Re: ISP Accused of "Hijacking" Google Search Queries and Subscribers' DNS

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Charley Kline <csk () mail com>
> Date: April 11, 2010 2:24:52 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: RE: [IP] Re:    ISP Accused of "Hijacking" Google Search  
> Queries and Subscribers' DNS

> Brett,
>
> While you are correct that there are sometimes reasonable  
> alternatives to DSL or Cable, WISPs are rarely a better choice if  
> DSL or cable are available in your area. I used to use Sprint  
> Broadband before DSL and cable were available in my area. I just  
> looked up Etheric prices. They want $100/month for 2 Mb/second but I  
> currently pay $45/month for 20 Mb/second from the cable company.
>
> -- Charley Kline
>
> From: Dave Farber [mailto:dfarber () me com]
> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 11:02 AM
> To: ip
> Subject: [IP] Re: ISP Accused of "Hijacking" Google Search Queries  
> and Subscribers' DNS
>
>
>
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>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat net>
> > Date: April 11, 2010 12:45:35 PM EDT
> > To: dave () farber net, ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> > Subject: Re: [IP] Re:    ISP Accused of "Hijacking" Google Search  
> > Queries and Subscribers' DNS
>
> > D.V. Henkel-Wallace writes:
> >
> > > Market choice works when there is choice.  My startup's new office  
> > > is old industrial district close to a        lower-income  
> > > neighborhood.  I went looking for internet service and my _only_  
> > > choice is low-speed phone company DSL (they'll sell me higher  
> > > speed, but the wiring is so cruddy that you get under 1.5 Mbps  
> > > download.  And this is in Redwood City -- the middle of Silicon  
> > > Valley!
> >
> > You may not have done your research thoroughly enough, because you  
> > do have options. Many people apparently labor under the  
> > misapprehension that broadband can only be had from a telephone or  
> > cable company, when in fact WISPs are a better choice. Try, for  
> > example, Etheric Networks (http://www.etheric.net/), a WISP which  
> > covers your area.
> >
> > --Brett Glass
> Archives        
> =



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