[TriLUG] Move over Google: Wilson, NC did it a long, long time ago

[Jeff Patterson via TriLUG]

We are so screwed

On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 1:58 PM, bak via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> If you would like to experience head-tilting puzzlement, and then perhaps
> anger, here’s Fox News’ take on it.
>
>
> http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/26/fcc-approves-sweeping-internet-regulation-plan-obama-accused-meddling/
>
> I especially liked this from Ajit Pai:
>
> > Further, he pointed to slower Internet speeds in Europe, which largely
> treats the Internet as a public utility, in warning that the additional
> regulation will lead to less investment and slower speeds in the U.S. as
> well. "The Internet is not broken. There is no problem for the government
> to solve," Pai said.
>
> —bak
>
>
> > On Feb 26, 2015, at 14:48, Ric Moore via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 02/26/2015 02:24 PM, Pete Soper via TriLUG wrote:
> >> Wilson's gigabit
> >
> >
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2015/01/17/377757372/as-cities-push-for-their-own-broadband-cable-firms-say-not-so-fast
> >
> > --
> > My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say:
> > "There are two Great Sins in the world...
> > ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
> > Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
> > http://linuxcounter.net/user/44256.html
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