Open Resolver Problems

Tue Apr 2 02:48:43 UTC 2013

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Dobbins, Roland <rdobbins at arbor.net> wrote:

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> On Apr 2, 2013, at 9:09 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
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>> Even in such populous areas as San Jose, there is a limited selection to a majority of the customers, especially if they want more than 1.5Mbps.
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> I lived in San Jose for several years, and had several choices for broadband - the one I chose was much faster than 1mb/sec, had an AUP which specifically allowed me to run a server, and didn't try to cap my bandwidth, or disable the use of p2p apps, or whatever.
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> I moved away from San Jose in at the tail-end of 2007.  It seems likely that at least the same level of choice prevails there today . . .
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So, I lived in San Jose, too, for many years, and I had fewer choices
there than I do here now in the Pacific Northwest.

In any event, depending on where you are in the U.S., many consumers
have a choice between bad and worse. :-)

- ferg

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