Urban Broadband Users in Minnesota

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.

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.

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.

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.