Comments on: FCC Gives Special Access a Special Inquiry

By: hydar khan

hydar khan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:42:41 +0000

Todd is dead on. same thing is happening where I live. When I ask Hudson Cable to do a site survey, they refer me to verizon, verizon refer me to charter, charter refer me to fairpoint. This is america, alot of bullshit, but no action. I am 61 years old - how much longer?????????????

By: » Could a new backbone operator make a difference?

» Could a new backbone operator make a difference? — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 06:25:46 +0000

[...] presence, the cost of bandwidth will be driven down significantly because Allied will be willing to sell access to the long haul network, at competitive rates, to anyone who wants them — something the incumbents aren’t inclined to [...]

By: With Bandwidth Demand Booming, a New Kind of Optical Network Is Born

With Bandwidth Demand Booming, a New Kind of Optical Network Is Born — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:15:29 +0000

By: With Bandwidth Demand Booming, a New Kind of Optical Network Is Born « WTI NewsBlog

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By: FCC’s Broadband Plan: The Role Of Competition – GigaOM

FCC’s Broadband Plan: The Role Of Competition – GigaOM — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:32:45 +0000

[...] Special access reform: the FCC pledges to undertake a review of wholesale competition rules to see if those providing middle mile broadband are being charged competitive rates. It’s clear that in rural areas some are paying ten to a hundred times more for middle mile access. [...]

By: National Broadband Plan Will Be a Day Early But Fall Short – GigaOM

National Broadband Plan Will Be a Day Early But Fall Short – GigaOM — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:02:52 +0000

[...] the meantime, it’s unclear if the plan will tackle special access issues whereby ISPs in rural areas pay far more than ISPs in urban areas because the number of providers [...]

By: Mobile Industry Dances Toward Consolidation – GigaOM

Mobile Industry Dances Toward Consolidation – GigaOM — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:42:43 +0000

[...] In the meantime, there’s pressure from prepaid carriers attacking from below and high fees paid to other telecommunications players for Sprint’s and T-Mobile’s mobile backhaul that’s cutting into profits and [...]

By: It Must Be Christmas! AT&T, Verizon Dismiss Their Lawsuits – GigaOM

It Must Be Christmas! AT&T, Verizon Dismiss Their Lawsuits – GigaOM — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:24:35 +0000

[...] their lawyers for a barrage of lawsuits after the FCC finishes with its net neutrality rules, special access regulations or any number of other topics the agency is investigating. : AT&T, T, Verizon, VZ 0 0 0 [...]

By: Brett Glass

Brett Glass — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:38:22 +0000

Waitaminnit. If the mile closest to the customer is the “last” mile, and the next one is the “second” mile, then there must be only three miles, with the “middle” mile being the “first” mile. Huh?

The diagram above only makes sense if the mile closest to the customer is relabeled as the “first” mile.

By: Jerry Fleckhiemer

Jerry Fleckhiemer — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:19:07 +0000

True Google does have an extensive backbone but it does not provide transport for data or offer internet access. Note the diagram above… Google is a meer customer of a service provider(s). Because they have a fiber backbone doesn’t constitute their preception as a node. Comparitively speaking, you may have dial up and I could have a 10 Mb DSL connection, this is not a question of access, but what you can afford. Hence their defense, ISPs can’t treat my traffic any differently than ma and pa in Idaho. I pay more because I bought more. In short, it is not what you can afford but your place in the diagram.