Comments on: From Governor Dean https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2285 2002-2015 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 By: Jean Cerwonka https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2285#comment-2713 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:30:55 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2003/07/from_governor_dean_2.html#comment-2713 This article is very informative. However I would like to know about wifimax. is it only for businesses or does it have other applications?

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By: Anonymous https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2285#comment-2712 Tue, 06 Apr 2004 18:34:43 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2003/07/from_governor_dean_2.html#comment-2712 I live in Oklahoma and have been begging my local cable company for years now to carry broad band internet access but since more people in my area do not want it, it is not cost affective for the cable company to carry it(in other words we will not make enough of a proffit).
I have access through my phone line and aol right now but it is costing me about $100 a month which i think really sucks.
I could get broad band access through Southwestern Bell but to do so i will have to had my phone account with them for at least a year in good standing and pay a $500 deposit for the equipment.Now I play alot of games over the internet and with
out broad band access they are not really much fun when some one comes along and kills me then tells me I should not even be on if I am only going to use a dial up connection which is all i am able to get right now even though I am more than willing to pay more than the $100 a month I am paying right now.
So in closing I guess what I am saying is that a fast and realliable internet access method should be established for everyone in the country no matter where they live or wither they are rich,middle class or poor and that it needs to be done as soon as possible.
It would help make us a more informed and better educated country in my oppion.
And to that guy that lives in Sweden and has 10 meg access with no upload/download restictions for only 22 a month over the phone lines no less, I would just like to say that i eveny you very much and would consider myself extreamly lucky if I was able to get a deal that even came close to yours.(the max connection speed i can get is 48k if i am lucky and some times i have to spend several hours just trying to get connected).

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By: business card https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2285#comment-2711 Sun, 08 Feb 2004 04:45:10 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2003/07/from_governor_dean_2.html#comment-2711 Dean needs to get on Conan O’Brien – fast

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By: saidur r. badal https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2285#comment-2710 Thu, 04 Dec 2003 16:43:47 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2003/07/from_governor_dean_2.html#comment-2710 Dear
Sir,
I am interested to attend the confrence. please send me all
information in details. i am working in ngo in bangladesh.
thanks and best regards.
saidur r. badal

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By: Doc Martian https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2285#comment-2709 Mon, 17 Nov 2003 01:59:28 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2003/07/from_governor_dean_2.html#comment-2709 While questioning Howard Dean’s grassroots organization upon his financing… a series of people began to defame the memory of my brother… who passed away at Loma Linda University Medical Center in October 1984. Todd Garth Anderson was a strong and vital kid. He was a fount of humor and human love.

this link will disgust you with the soullessness of howard dean’s supporters as they attack the memory of a child victim of the godzilla of all brain tumors. http://www.livejournal.com/users/docmartian/24959.html
words like the words posted there on behalf of a political agenda should not go unavenged..

I personally think the best revenge is to spread the word. Dean’s staff are human filth. If you wish to write them however, please take into account that shortly after posting messages on Dean weblogs, people i believe to be Howard Dean’s goons have swerved their cars at me… attempted to physically intimidate me… and act like nazis in a variety of shocking methods of huey long style politics. Spread the word remains my advice, you have greater networks of communication as activists, students and humanists, then they have as corrupt thugs.

Respectfully,
Kevin Anderson

howard dean! sucking israel’s bean! a sellout machine! building fences not dreams! brought to you by the same guys that shot yitzhak rabin! and his lovely zionist wife, dr. steinberg-dean! bought by sex, a second doctor’s income and ice cream. howard dean!

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By: Suzanne Kiefer https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2285#comment-2708 Sun, 14 Sep 2003 14:25:06 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2003/07/from_governor_dean_2.html#comment-2708 Dear Governor,
I am a seasoned teacher in Florida. 2004 is when my campaign for Superintendent of Marion County School System ends. My friend said you have collected more money via the internet than all the other candidates.
Our regulations state; we must have name, address, check number. How do you electronically accomplish that for reporting purposes?
Paypal? My students told me about this company. I would be greatful to hear from your people on how this was set up.
Thank you,
Suzanne Kiefer
Art Educator

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By: Rob Froelich https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2285#comment-2707 Mon, 04 Aug 2003 15:11:40 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2003/07/from_governor_dean_2.html#comment-2707 Governor Dean,

Back in the late ’90s many of us were excited about the prospects of the Telecom Act of ’96. We were sorely disappointed when we saw it get slowly gutted through little or no enforcement and that no on in congress or the white house had the guts to take on the ILECs and re-examine this issue. I’ll shorten my comments by referring you the Bruce Watson’s comments above, in my opinion he’s right on target.

I could go on at considerable length on the topic of bridging the digital divide, and competition in telecom, but I won’t here. Instead I’ll give one small piece of advice, to you Mr. Dean. If you want a prosperous America, do what government ought to do for telecom, allow innovation, and break down anti-competitive barriers that enrich the owners of old technology at the expense of entrepeneurs and community activists that want something better for their community. If you want a concrete example of what I’m talking about, you need to get to know Annie Collins in Batavia, IL. She’s the head of the group Fiber for our Future that supports a community broadband network in her area. They were defeated last april in a referendum by big spending, and despicable, deceptive marketing by Comcast and SBC.

I believe that Americans are among the most creative and hardy people in the world. We will find a way to ensure that everyone can benefit from the advancements made possible by the Internet. Americans will make it happen, we need a government that will stay out of the way, and take prudent steps to ensure that local monopolies are not allowed to crush innovation and competition before it has a chance to flourish.

Best wishes,
Rob Froelich

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By: Sean https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2285#comment-2706 Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:53:52 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2003/07/from_governor_dean_2.html#comment-2706 It strikes me that if you want uniform coverage for the internet, it may be prudent to treat it like a new freeway system. Something that is payed for by all for the benefit of all.

Sean

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By: Mike Gillis https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2285#comment-2705 Wed, 23 Jul 2003 05:17:42 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2003/07/from_governor_dean_2.html#comment-2705 You probably aren’t even getting these comments anymore, so I’ll keep this fairly short, just in case I’m completely wasting my time. But, I would just like to say that I really would like you to become President.
It really looks like it’ll be pretty hard to do it in ’04. The Internet is an amazing tool, and it’s absolutely wonderful, thrilling, and cool to see it being used — and used well — by a Presidential candidate, and the resulting masses of people being introduced to all the neat things that some of us have been lucky to know about for a couple of years now.
I’d vote for you, hands down, but I’m a Canadian university student, and so it would be rather difficult. I wish we had a better candidate for our next election.
Thanks for revolutionizing the process.

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By: MMartin https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2285#comment-2704 Tue, 22 Jul 2003 13:12:37 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2003/07/from_governor_dean_2.html#comment-2704 I am no expert in this area – but would love some input from those of you who are… what ever happened to the notion that we could use powerlines that are already going into nearly everyone’s homes to connect at high speeds to the internet? In so many ways that seems like a real winning proposition to me – what are the pros/cons of that technology?

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