Joho the Blog » harold feld http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger Let's just see what happens Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:48:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Harold Feld’s explanation of an FCC issue you probably are paying no attention to but that is likely to determine the fate of telecommunications in the US http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2012/03/22/harold-felds-explanation-of-an-fcc-issue-you-probably-are-paying-no-attention-but-that-is-likely-to-determine-the-fate-of-telecommunications-in-ths-us/ http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2012/03/22/harold-felds-explanation-of-an-fcc-issue-you-probably-are-paying-no-attention-but-that-is-likely-to-determine-the-fate-of-telecommunications-in-ths-us/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:49:50 +0000 davidw http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/?p=11725 In fact, Harold’s post is so long that I’m only half way through it, but I have to leave for a plane. In it he explains in some detail the history and ramifications of… well, here’s a taste from near the beginning:

…Verizon graciously offered to buy out Cox’s AWS spectrum so that Cox could get out of the wireless business. And, in what can only be an amazing coincidence for utterly independent agreements that should in no way make anyone think that the major cable players are colluding with their Telco/Wireless chief rival, Verizon and Spectrumco offered to let Cox in on the same three agreements to become exclusive resllers and become a member of the “Joint Operating Entity” (JOE) to develop all these cool new technologies.
So you see, it’s all totally innocent, and does not in the least look like a cartel agreeing not to compete, dividing up markets, and setting up a Joint Operating Entity so they can continue to meet and discuss their business plans on an ongoing basis while developing a patent portfolio to use against competitors like DISH and T-Mobile…

Harold Feld works for Public Knowledge, which works for an open Internet.

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Plus Harold has a most excellent Buffy reference.

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