Archive for October, 2008

October meeting information — come on down!

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Hi all,

Just a quick note to remind you that our October meeting is coming up this Friday -- October 24th.  We're meeting at the Eagan Fire Administration/Station # 6.  Here are the details;

Address -- 3795 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, MN 55122  (right at the corner of Pilot Knob Road and Wescott Road)

Phone number of the fire station, if you get lost and need directions -- (651) 675-5900

There's free parking, and handicapped parking, in the lot surrounding the fire station.

We (the taskforce) may want to lift some lines from the EU

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

The EU has just published a pretty darn nifty approach to the Internet that we might want to emulate in Minnesota.

CLICK HERE to read their vision of the future of the Internet

CLICK HERE to read a short summary article

The punchline for me?

An open Internet relies on an open market that allows innovation, but at the same time sufficiently regulated to prevent incumbents to outplay newcomers.

Broadband Data Improvement Act — Pretty close to passed

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Click here to read the post.

Here's the punchline graph;

See the US???  Way down there on the bottom???

The gist of the bill is to get better dang data.  Click HERE to read the bill.

Raw bandwidth costs *LOTS* more in Asia — so why do we suck so bad at delivering that cheap bandwidth to end users??

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

The headline says it all.

Here's the story;

http://www.circleid.com/posts/wholesale_internet_bandwidth_prices

and here's the punchline graph...

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Sheesh.