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Regional Bells Blocking Broadband Competition

Posted by timothy on from the doing-their-best-at-any-rate dept.

Tim Doran writes "USA Today has a story today describing regulatory moves by the regional Bell companies meant to stifle competition in broadband. Of course, nobody plays the regulators like the ILECs, and they're using their massive fiber builds as leverage against the regulators. They're even running interference on municipalities who are trying to build their own fiber networks!"

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  1. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...USC is blocking Adrian Peterson. LOL @ Oklahoma getting raped.

  2. Your Linux Online (Still Sucks) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You people still wondering why Linux sucks will never be accepted by anybody but the most hardcore nerds? Check this out.

    How to install network card driver in Windows:

    1. Boot computer
    2. When wizard pops up, select search automatically
    3. Click finish

    How to install network card driver in Linux:

    First we need :

    1. the kernel sources , I will use 2.4.22. Other kernel versions will probably not work unless you use an odd-number minor version number, but as always YMMV.
    2. Wireless configuration tools (http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Li nux/Tools.html).
    3. the driver acx100_pci for linux, download it from CVS (or latest version) on http://acx100.sourceforge.net.
    4. install CD of DWL-650+ or windows files for this wireless card.

    Make sure you get the correct versions of above, and their dependencies, or you may trash your Linux install and have to fdisk. Remember, THIS SOFTWARE HAS KNOWN PROBLEMS AND LIMITATIONS. DON'T BLAME US IF THE SOFTWARE EATS YOUR SYSTEM, DESTORYS YOUR DISK OR MAKES YOUR CORN-FLAKES SOGGY. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

    Steps to make the driver works:

    1. Compile a new kernel with at least :
    CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
    CONFIG_MODULES=y
    CONFIG _KMOD=y
    CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y

    2. install tools from http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Lin ux/Tools.html. If this link is broken you may try google search. iwconfig, iwspy and iwpriv must be installed from the deb or rpm package, or if you prefer from tarball sources.

    3. Configure and compile acx100_pci drivers
    # tar xzvf acx100-0.1h.tar.gz on /root

    put the next windows files (or from DWL-650+ install CD) on the directory acx100/firmware :
    RADIO00.BIN
    RADIO11.BIN
    WBLAN.BIN (it may be on uppercase)

    4. install the driver :
    copy recent compiled driver acx100/src/acx100_pci.o to /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/drivers/net
    modify modules.conf (add these 2 lines) :configure parameters to install modules with insmod
    alias wlan0 acx100_pci
    options wlan0 debug=0xb firmware_dir=/root/acx100/firmware

    5. test the driver
    # insmod acx100_pci

    it must show a little debug information about the driver and the firmware. Be sure the directory /root/acx100/firmware contains the 3 files of Windows install or from install CD.

    lsmod must show :
    # lsmod
    Module Size Used by Not tainted
    acx100_pci 181952 0

    6.Configure parameters and network:
    # ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
    # iwconfig wlan0 essid myapessid mode managed channel 6 key off rate 22M

    essid is the ESSID name of my AP mode must be managed for wireless-ap or Ad-Hoc to use without AP
    KEY off is to use wireless without encryption rate 22M is working for me , if troubles use rate 11M

    # ping 192.168.0.202
    PING 192.168.0.202 (192.168.0.202): 1024 data bytes
    1032 bytes from 192.168.0.202: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=2.4 ms
    1032 bytes from 192.168.0.202: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=2.1 ms ..snip..

    Dont forget to use logs : /var/log/messages
    That's all Folks

    1. Re:Your Linux Online (Still Sucks) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      When (-1, Troll) doesn't quite do it, you need (-1, Fucking Idiot).

    2. Re:Your Linux Online (Still Sucks) by mcrbids · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You people still wondering why Linux sucks will never be accepted by anybody but the most hardcore nerds? Check this out.

      Wanna hear a panty-waist, thumb-sucking loser whine when given something for free? Read the parent post.

      If parent had a f-cking clue, he/she would realize that the proper thing to do would be to help fix it, or shut the h-ll up.

      Posting anonymously as this is seriously off-topic.

      --
      I have no problem with your religion until you decide it's reason to deprive others of the truth.
    3. Re:Your Linux Online (Still Sucks) by Neuroelectronic · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Mod me offtopic but... What Distro Does this? Will any of them do this with my Linksys WPC11 v4? No?

    4. Re:Your Linux Online (Still Sucks) by jd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      One of the core developers for Voodoo Linux wrote the FAQ for using the Linksys WPC11 card. If it doesn't support that card out of the box, I'd be surprised, though their web pages were sadly a little lacking in detail on hardware compatibility.

      --
      It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
    5. Re:Your Linux Online (Still Sucks) by secretsquirel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I went through the exact same hell getting my acx111 card working. Got the drivers working but went really slow, have had much better luck loading the windows drivers with ndiswrapper, up and running in 2 sec & full speed, after the quest trying to get it working with the open source drivers. I've installed two wireless cards on linux, neither of them were 'supported' and both were unnecsesarily difficult.

    6. Re:Your Linux Online (Still Sucks) by secretsquirel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      simplyMepis was supposed to, didn't work for me though.

  3. Re:suck my penis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    SECOND POST!
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  4. I told you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Auburn is obviously the best team in the nation.

  5. LOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Lemme guess, Firefox user bitten by the "auto-login" bug. Oh wait, Open Sores has bugs? Who woulda thunk it? LOL