[opendtv] Re: Commissioner Rosenworcel and NAB on next gen TV
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 00:03:40 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
Does she understand that the MVPDs are nearly as anachronistic as TV
broadcasters?
Let's pause for Bert to pick himself up off the floor.
Yes indeed. It took Craig subscribing to DirecTV Now (I think that's the one)
to figure this out. Excellent!
Yes Bert, the cable guys are losing their audience to the Internet
- the Internet that they currently have the best fixed pipes to reach.
Yes, exactly. And in a recent Ajit Pai talk, I think it was, I saw that the
average amount subscribers download from wireless broadband is 4 GB/mo. Which
just goes to show how wireless is NOT the basic household Internet broadband
pipe used. For the heavy lifting, work, gaming, streaming, hours of homework or
research, online college education, and so on, fixed cabled broadband, and soon
5G fixed wireless which uses the same ISP infrastructure as the cabled systems,
still reigns. If this will change further out, that would be great.
My only ask here is that you do not keep calling them a monopoly that
needs regulation...
Sorry, Craig, I always tell it like it is. I'm not a politician, arguing
without merit, just to get votes. There is almost no competition for fixed
broadband, it is indeed a common carrier, it is absolutely NOT a frivolous,
unessential, or highly competitive "information service," by any reasonable
definition of "information service." Certainly not according to the Supreme
Court's definition, or the FCC's. Therefore, it needs to be regulated like the
common carrier that it is! If it quacks like a duck and it walks like a duck,
chances are, it's a duck.
You keep arguing this point only as a politician would, quite honestly.
Meaning, logic play no part in your insistence. You have yet to explain why
Internet broadband is NOT a common carrier. Your ONLY objective seems to be, a
single-minded goal to abolish regulations of any kind. Even after having seen
that building construction codes, an obvious example of regulation, make a big
difference. Eh?
GET REAL - kids live in a social media world
Wasting time on Facebook isn't what she's talking about, Craig. She was talking
about school work. Whether it's school work or work work, she's exactly
correct. Matter of fact, I know several people who have gotten their degrees
online, recently. It should be obvious that broadband is a more essential
service today than the telephone was in decades past, because it fills the
roles of the telephone network and a whole lot more. If anything ever was
"essential telecom service," broadband certainly fits that description. If any
anachronistic definition says otherwise, that anachronism needs to be corrected.
Her face was illuminated by the smartphone she was using instead of
doing her homework...
From which, EVIDENTLY, Craig concludes that the cabled broadband she needs to
do her homework is unessential, no more important than, say, cable TV. Because,
you know, she should just keep on texting with her friends. That's all that
matters.
Now, without any regulation by the FCC, AT&T and other telecoms are
offering DSL broadband for about $15/mo to homes that are receiving
government assistance. No Universal Service dollars or subsidies
involved.
That's a different topic, not related to regulating broadband as a common
carrier. And too, the FCC, including the Chairman, are pushing to get broadband
included in lifeline service, assuming it hasn't happened yet. He talks *all
the time* about how many millions the FCC is dedicating to deploy broadband
where it doesn't exist (not even DSL). After waxing eloquent about the wonders
of free enterprise, he does acknowledge that free enterprise alone won't ALWAYS
fix a problem. So, perhaps this is a way to show that at least some DSL can
fill that void. Here's an example, the most recent one, of what I'm talking
about:
https://www.fcc.gov/document/chairman-pai-remarks-reagan-presidential-library
"My very first decision as Chairman was to extend $170 million in federal
funding to bring Internet access to unserved rural areas in New York State.
Notably, this plan was negotiated with Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose father
famously said some unkind words about President Reagan in 1984, and Senator
Chuck Schumer, who somewhat less famously has said some unkind words about me."
And this wasn't the Dakotas, Colorado, Wyoming, or Montana, Craig. New York
State, for heaven's sake. Just how much competition do you think there will be,
in areas that are currently unserved?
You have one choice for general purpose, home broadband, Craig. I have two.
Many still have none. The standard libertarian formula-think cannot be the
complete solution.
Bert
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