Court decision re: "Internet is only an information system"

bimjer

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Since the early 2000 years the courts have upheld the ruling that the Internet is an information system, not a video system. Comcast and others are pouring Cable video over the internet, and will ultimately utilize the internet for all cable programming....for a subscription fee. Any broadband plan must recognize how "Yesterday" the Court's "Not Video" decision, and Comcast's interpretation of it is, and include video services in the plan. Comcast uses the non-video interpretation to avoid collecting and forwarding PEG Funds as required by current cable licenses.

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vondehart 2 months ago

The "subscription fee" allows Cmcast and others the opportunity to recoup their privately funded investment in the infrastructure as well as maintain and grow it. It is their plant, not yours or the governments. If you don't like the way Comcast or others are doing business you can drop the service and move to a wireless or DSL provider. BTW, they too made privately funded investments in the infratsructure and are going to require payment. They will also want to have some controlling determination of who and what utilizes the resources they provide to their subscribers. The bottom line is it is a finite amount of bandwidtjh that has to be managed for all. While they can allocate more bandw9dth for one versus the other, then the one hogging the bandwidth should pay more for it.
The FCC has done a great deal to promote competition to Cable and it has proven to work since Cable is no longer the monopoly among video service providers. They can take the same approach with Broadband but need to be fair to all instead of being one sided against as they have before.
In markets where there is no competition and/or limited access to broadband, the USF might provide the funding to build out wireless infrastructure, perhaps in the 700MHz wireless environment that has better propagation over distance.

bimjer 2 months ago

In regard to the, "Subscription Fee" answer to, "Internet is only an information system" idea, the FCC knows that PEG Fees do not go to the Cable Company (Comcast). They go to the Public Educational and Government Channel operations in each town, and are in return for using each town's Public Right of Ways to transmit their Cable Programming. Since the Cable Systems' internet goes through that same right of way, and it carries cable video programming now, it should be eligible for license required PEG fees.

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