[TriLUG] TW and Embarq work to keep Wilson style internet from spreading

[Craig Taylor]

So, to refocus the conversation to a more purposeful bent as we all know TWC
and AT&T are <insert derogatory term here> - what would it take / be
necessary to improve speed rates in the triangle?

a) Outside competition - what's the possibility / likelihood of luring
someone in that provides serious competition / spurs innovation?
b) Home-grown ala Wilson's style - How hard would this be to do / cost /
time - for Raleigh, for Cary, for Durham, for Garner?

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Dave Moody <davethebald at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Sounds like the M$ approach to business.
>
> Write everyone in Raleigh and tell them to kill this thing.
>
> Dave
>
> --- On Fri, 5/1/09, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] TW and Embarq work to keep Wilson style internet from
> spreading
> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion" <trilug at trilug.org>
> Date: Friday, May 1, 2009, 12:20 AM
>
> I think Mark Turner put it rather well - for two year's salary of Time
> Warner's CEO the town of Wilson installed a municipal broadband systems
> that
> TWC was unwilling to do.  Hence TWC went into "if the rest of the people
> catch on and we're screwed" mode.  And they are.  It's sick the prices we
> pay for limited uploads and throttled downloads.
>
> Case in point?  My parents in Scottsdale.  They get, via speedtest.net,
> routine 17 meg down, 2 meg up.  Yeah, the upload is still restricted but 17
> meg for "basic" serivce.. what TWC customer doesn't want that?  Hell, I got
> 15/15 meg service when I lived in South Korea.
>
> We're being controlled here, people.  It's time to level teh playing field,
> espeicially in communties where the big "providers" choose not to offer
> competive service.
>
> On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:12 AM, mgmonza <mgmonza at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Neil L. Little wrote:
> >
> >> Been about a month.
> >>
> >> It has appeared in on these sites so far.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://consumerist.com/5224578/time-warner-cable-cannot-possibly-compete-with-the-small-city-of-wilson-nc
> >>
> >
> > Even there the BBQ flame lamp is  lit. What -is- it about NC?
> >
> >
> >> House Bill 1252/S1004
> >>
> >> It is currently in committee in both houses.
> >>
> >> Write your state rep/senator and tell him to vote nay.
> >>
> >>
> > I will that.
> >
> >  73,
> >> Neil, WA4AZL
> >>
> >> ps: Wilson is my home town.
> >>
> >>
> > Lucky you.  I actually considered moving there for the Internet - just a
> > bit too far down insane I-40 from CH.
> >
> >
> > MG
> >
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