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Comment Re:It's not competition. (Score 1) 232

From TFA2 linked to in TFA: If Mr. Augustus fails to make a decision on the transfer, it will automatically become approved.
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The cable license transfer can only be based on four criteria: the company's management, technical and legal experience, as well as its financial capabilities. If Comcast can meet that criteria, the transfer cannot be denied, Mr. Traynor said. He said Comcast's customer service record does not fall within the standard of measuring the company's management experience.

Neither company has a dejure monopoly. Comcast has already purchased the license.

The (as in one) license implies that that there is a monopoly. Dejeure or defacto is irrelevant.

Not that it matters. The point I was making to the OP in this thread was that there is a monopoly. The only real question is who will have the monopoly, and based on TFA2, it will be Comcast.

Comment Re:Distance and Charge Time (Score 1) 174

I can't wait for to be woken at 5 AM when the turbine generator fires up outside my bedroom window ;(

As opposed to being woken at 5 AM by a loud internal combustion engine and the sound of banging trash cans?

Seriously though, there is no reason that the turbine has to be louder than the current engine in the garbage truck.

Comment Use a remote controlled power outlet switch (Score 1) 284

There are remotely controlled power switches such as:

http://www.aviosys.com/9258st.html

If you use a controller that supports time limits for an outlet being energized, you can then use that outlet to segment your network. You would do that by having that outlet power a switch or hub that would attach the external network and the internal network.

The advantage of that type of setup is that you have access any time that you need it, but you must actively acquire that access. If you don't trust your supplier with access to the switch, you guarantee that they have access only when you grant it to them.

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