The FCC should be involved with technical policy, NOT ideology! Regards, Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx> To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:26:30 AM Subject: [opendtv] Re: More on Verizon & Google At 1:55 PM -0500 8/11/10, Manfredi, Albert E wrote: >Looks like Dale started a landslide. > >I didn't find much worth noting yesterday, and still don't with this >analysis, but I have to confess that I'm chuckling over the prospect >of these two pretending like they are doing the FCC's job for them. >This particular FCC must feel awfully rankled by such brazen >attitude on the part of others than itself. Maybe the the problem is that the FCC is no longer necessary. They cannot do anything without authorization from Congress, and they are pretty much a toothless tiger in terms of their regulatory role. Nearly every significant decision they make is overturned by the courts... Regards Craig ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.