http://jmweirick.blogsome.com/2005/04/15/community-broadband/ Just my random thoughts Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:42:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://jmweirick.blogsome.com/2005/04/15/community-broadband/#comment-92 Fri, 15 Apr 2005 20:07:08 +0100 http://jmweirick.blogsome.com/2005/04/15/community-broadband/#comment-92 I'm glad my article, "Is Cheap Broadband Un-American?" is getting such prominent play. It was in the lead slot at SlashDot for most of the day (where it's received more than 700 comments and 10,000 readers), was posted on Common Dreams, Free Press, at the Progressive Trail and linked to by innumerable blogs. However, I wrote it for <a href="http://www.inthesetimes.com" rel="nofollow">In These Times</a> and posted it on my blog <a href="http://mediacitizen.blogspot.com/2005/04/is-cheap-broadband-un-american.html" rel="nofollow">MediaCitizen</a>. I appreciate the attention, but it seems these other sites, most of whom carried it without asking permission, are basking in the glow of the tens of thousands of readers who were drawn to my report. Meanwhile, the story as it originated on my blog has received less than 200 unique visitors. I’m a sworn citizen of Lawrence L’s Creative Commons. But somehow I am feeling as though I’ve just been royally screwed. I’m glad my article, “Is Cheap Broadband Un-American?” is getting such prominent play. It was in the lead slot at SlashDot for most of the day (where it’s received more than 700 comments and 10,000 readers), was posted on Common Dreams, Free Press, at the Progressive Trail and linked to by innumerable blogs. However, I wrote it for In These Times and posted it on my blog MediaCitizen. I appreciate the attention, but it seems these other sites, most of whom carried it without asking permission, are basking in the glow of the tens of thousands of readers who were drawn to my report. Meanwhile, the story as it originated on my blog has received less than 200 unique visitors. I’m a sworn citizen of Lawrence L’s Creative Commons. But somehow I am feeling as though I’ve just been royally screwed.

]]> http://jmweirick.blogsome.com/2005/04/15/community-broadband/#comment-91 Fri, 15 Apr 2005 18:18:36 +0100 http://jmweirick.blogsome.com/2005/04/15/community-broadband/#comment-91 i remember reading something like this befor, all i can say is f#@! laws do what you want, the FCC has no power, boost to 'illegal' wattage on your WiMax devices and set up a cheep wireless braudband service. i remember reading something like this befor, all i can say is f#@! laws do what you want, the FCC has no power, boost to ‘illegal’ wattage on your WiMax devices and set up a cheep wireless braudband service.

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