Fake competition. Lack of innovation competition. Lack of diversity.
As I said, there are plenty of ways to utilize independents to accomplish
reasonable goals.
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
Midwest Internet Exchange
The Brothers WISP
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Thousands of ISPs that collectively add up to a pimple on a horse's ass. In
practice you have two dominant landline providers in each market, the ILEC and
the cable company. A duopoly with a competitive fringe. Whereas other countries
like South Korea and France have achieved much higher broadba
Canada should just have Comcast (or is it "Xfinity"?) provided nation-wide
Internet service as a for-profit monopoly.
Just as long as we have *someone* to Telus whom to chose.
On 12/21/2016 06:15 PM, Royce Williams wrote:
On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Ken Chase wrote:
On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 04:41:29PM -0800, Doug Barton said:
[..]
>>Everyone has a line at which "I don't care what's in the pipes, I just
>>work here" changes into something more actionable.
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In the US there are thousands of independent ISPs. I assume Canada at least has
hundreds of them. There are plenty of ways of utilize independents to improve
access versus throwing cash into a fan.
Not to mention the ridiculousness of a 50/10 requirement.
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent C
>What I mostly meant is that there should be a regulated, industry-wide
>effort in order to provide a stable and active pool program. With the
>current models, a protocol that is widely used by commercial devices is
>being supported by the time and effort of volunteers around the world.
My emp
On 12/23/2016 05:18 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:
The government getting involved with the Internet rarely goes well. The FCC is
a shining example of how to usually do it wrong.
I agree. To hell with 'government'. What has it done for you lately, anyway?
Canada should just have Comcast (or is it "
Hail NANOGers!
A global hospitality organization with 100+ locations recently asked us how
to weigh the importance of standardizing infrastructure across all their
locations versus allowing each international location to select on their
own kit.
My first instinct was to jump on my favorite search
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On 2016-12-23 10:37, Seth Mattinen wrote:
> It would certainly suck to be an ISP in Canada and be forced to fund
> your competitors. Or does Canada not have any small privately run ISPs
> like we do in the US?
We not only have smaller ISPs, but also a wholesale framework where ISPs
can purchase
On 12/22/16 6:59 AM, Jean-Francois Mezei wrote:
Nothing happens for now because a "follow up" process is needed to
decide how the funding mechanism will work (what portions of a companies
revenues are counted to calculated its mandated contribution to fund)
and how the process of bidding for sub
Awesome, some maybe in 5 years we'll see the speeds we should have seen 20
years earlier! Can't wait!
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 8:18 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:
> The government getting involved with the Internet rarely goes well. The
> FCC is a shining example of how to usually do it wrong.
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The government getting involved with the Internet rarely goes well. The FCC is
a shining example of how to usually do it wrong.
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
Midwest Internet Exchange
The Brothers WISP
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