LATA = Long Distance Area (Your bell's piece of the phone system).
This forbids baby bells and derivitives to provide long distance service like AT&T. This basically reregulates the bells again after the regs they live under are being phased out.
Even though the internet is a global thing, the net has roots (Servers, routers...). And where those roots are, are in soverign nations which unfortuntately do have the right regulate, or not regulate, the hell out it.
This bill might actually do a little good since many of the major points of access are in America and many of the spammers are in America. They will move their base of operations out of America but if they do decide to keep the HQ of their ops in USA (which many do because of a lot of benefits), then they legally can be regulated by the US Govt. (Think of the US v. Cuba thing going on...).
Your analogy is weak, if not completely unrelated. The cable system and phone company are public utilities that provide a public service. The Phone company cannot refuse to serve an ISP because of their public status. The cable system is now becoming a common carrier and therefore, needs to be treated the same as the telco. If not, the cable company can start to monopolize the local access. This bill levels the playing field changing the cable providers to a common carrier status.
Would the MediaGX chips from National Semiconductor help out in this box? I haven't checked the prices on the StrongARM but I know these chips can be had wholesale for around $10-20
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You bought the nice little mobo. It's your property! Charge them like NASCAR drivers charge for paint space on their car!
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You can make some serious moolah. Just think, sending AOL a bill for $20 every month
Heck, better yet, 20 million people sending AOL a bill for $20 every month.
You can mess with my mind, you can mess with my dog, Messing with my bios? Let's get it on!
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They are due out later this year. Not all at once, but a few at a time.
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LATA = Long Distance Area (Your bell's piece of the phone system).
This forbids baby bells and derivitives to provide long distance service like AT&T. This basically reregulates the bells again after the regs they live under are being phased out.
Even though the internet is a global thing, the net has roots (Servers, routers...). And where those roots are, are in soverign nations which unfortuntately do have the right regulate, or not regulate, the hell out it.
This bill might actually do a little good since many of the major points of access are in America and many of the spammers are in America. They will move their base of operations out of America but if they do decide to keep the HQ of their ops in USA (which many do because of a lot of benefits), then they legally can be regulated by the US Govt. (Think of the US v. Cuba thing going on...).
Your analogy is weak, if not completely unrelated. The cable system and phone company are public utilities that provide a public service. The Phone company cannot refuse to serve an ISP because of their public status. The cable system is now becoming a common carrier and therefore, needs to be treated the same as the telco. If not, the cable company can start to monopolize the local access. This bill levels the playing field changing the cable providers to a common carrier status.
Would the MediaGX chips from National Semiconductor help out in this box?
I haven't checked the prices on the StrongARM but I know these chips can be had wholesale for around $10-20
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All the local suppliers don't carry them anymore for obvious reasons. When and what did they release last?
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