[Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in Morse code!!

[Cliff Frescura]

In my younger years I thought of the FCC of a regulatory and technology
body.  My thinking changed when UPS successfully lobbied the FCC in 1989 to
reallocate part of 220MHz from Amateur to Commercial service.

UPS argued that the reallocation was in the "public interest" and they would
put the spectrum to good use.

After a ruling in their favor, UPS never commercially deployed and the
spectrum was unused for quite some time.

Be sure to read the fine print and understand the players.  One person's
regulation is another person's corporatism.

73,

K3LL/6

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim
Brown
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 10:28 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [Bulk] OT: Verizon's response to Net Neutrality: in
Morse code!!

I'm with you, Phil.  As I recall, you're retired FCC staff.  If anyone
understands FCC Rules, you do.

I WANT (caps added for emphasis) FCC regulation of our airwaves, and of our
internet. I'm old enough to remember when the FCC had staff to enforce their
Rules, and things were much better then. We lived in fear of the FCC, and
kept our noses clean. Anyone who subscribes to cable has experienced bills
that increase for no reason, and when it's the only game in town, as it is
for my internet, all we can do is pay it. So YES, YES, YES, I want someone
sitting in Comcast's shoulder. These assholes are billing me monthly rent
for a cable modem that I BOUGHT from a local store in 2006, and there isn't
a damned thing I can do about it. YES, I want regulation!

Now, those who demand "small government" have made the FCC toothless,
without the budget to enforce their own Rules. THAT'S why we have RF noise
from all those consumer devices that make it difficult to use our ham
stations, and even to tune in AM radio.

73, Jim K9YC

On Thu,2/26/2015 8:09 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
> That's what all the Title II fracas is about.  Those of us in the 
> professional (regulatory) field fault the FCC of 20 years ago for not 
> insisting on that but creating this "information service" category 
> rather than putting them in the "telecommunications service" category 
> from the beginning.
>
> As hams we are used to having the FCC look over our shoulders to make 
> sure that we play by the rules.  It's time that the "broadband"
> infrastructure providers get a taste of that.

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