Re: Muni Fiber and Politics

[Jason Iannone <jason.iannone () gmail com>]

Seems like as good at time as any for Netflix to go distributed peer to peer.

On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com> wrote:
> Is anyone else cynical enough to say FiOS going symmetrical is an attempt to
> blunt the pro-NetFlix argument on that point?
> - jra
>
>
>
> On July 21, 2014 12:46:27 PM EDT, Jason Iannone <jason.iannone () gmail com>
> wrote:
> > There was a muni case in my neck of the woods a couple of years ago.
> > Comcast spent an order of magnitude more than the municipality but
> > still lost.
> >
> > Anyway, follow the money.  "Blackburn’s largest career donors are ..
> > PACs affiliated with AT&T ... ($66,750) and Comcast ... ($36,600). ...
> > Blackburn has also taken $56,000 from the National Cable &
> > Telecommunications Association."
> >
> >
> > http://www.muninetworks.org/content/media-roundup-blackburn-amendment-lights-newswires
> >
> > In other news, FIOS has gone symmetrical.
> >
> > http://newscenter.verizon.com/corporate/news-articles/2014/07-21-fios-upload-speed-upgrade/
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com> wrote:
> > >  Over the last decade, 19 states have made it illegal for municipalities
> > >  to own fiber networks -- encouraged largely, I am told, by Verizon and
> > >  other cable companies/MSOs[1].
> > >
> > >  Verizon, of course, isn't doing any new FiOS deployments, per a 2010
> > >  press release[2].
> > >
> > >  FCC Chair Tom Wheeler has been making noises lately that he wants the
> > > FCC
> > >  to preempt the field on this topic, making such deployments legal.
> > >
> > >  Congressional Republicans think that's a bad idea:
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.vox.com/2014/7/20/5913363/house-republicans-and-obamas-fcc-are-at-war-over-city-owned-internet
> > >
> > >  [ and here's the backgrounder on the amendment:
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/blackburn-bill-would-block-fcc-preemption/132468
> > > ]
> > >
> > >  While I generally try to avoid bringing up topics on NANOG that are
> > > political;
> > >  this one seems to be directly in our wheelhouse, and unavoidably
> > > political.
> > >  My apologies in advance; let's all try to be grownups, shall we?
> > >
> > >  Cheers,
> > >  -- jra
> > >
> > >  [1]
> > > http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hundreds-of-cities-are-wired-with-fiberbut-telecom-lobbying-keeps-it-unused
> > >  [2]
> > > https://secure.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Again-Confirms-FiOS-Expansion-is-Over-118949
> > >  --
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