[Novalug] who knows a wifi savvy lawyer? I think I need one...

[Ken Kauffman]

I'm pretty sure Adelphia was recently acquired by Comcast. There may yet
be a light at the end of the tunnel, as there is potential for Comcast
to expand service.  Adelphia was too busy squandering money on
executives to worry about the proverbial you.

However -- until that time, working with the ISP is the best option.
Additionally, the covenants cannot prevent you from making your
livelihood.  It sounds like it's a dependency for your wife's work.

Take 42 deep breaths.
1) if you pass out you won't think about it
2) if you don't pass out you will definitely have relaxed

:)

Good Luck!

Ken

Miles D. Oliver wrote:
> 
> 
>  Stupid lying ISP...
> 
>  They finally coughed up the specs on my antenna and it turns out that
> its width is larger than one meter (42" and not 39.37") so it looks like
> even with the OTARD rules I am not in compliance.
> 
>  I've dragged my ISP into this, Asking them for their assistance in this
> matter as they provided, and still own the antenna and selected this
> unit as the one for my service.  Their service is overpriced, customer
> service sucks, and works lousy at times but it is at a better speed than
> Satellite and I have NO OTHER Options. I'm 12 miles from a C.O. so DSL
> is out. Adelphia Cable terminates over 3 miles away down the main road.
> Wife needs the speeds when she telecommutes. I no longer work from home,
> and my new job bars me remote access so I don't need the services as
> much as I used to.
> 
> So I start out 2007 with another thread of aggrivation that I didn't
> want to deal with.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, David A. Cafaro wrote:
> 
>> This is probably what you are looking for:
>>
>> http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html
>>
>> You can probably just print that out and shut him up pretty quickly.
>>
>> (Though maybe take that over to him while wearing the INS hat, nothing
>> against the workers, but would be nice to see him sweat it...)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David
>>
>>
>> On Jan 2, 2007, at 6:14 PM, Miles D. Oliver wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>  The developer of the neighborhood where I live is a real JERK.
>>>
>>> Tonight I  went over before dark to where he was building a house
>>> across the street.  He's built several homes in the neighborhood
>>> after we have moved in and during construction the trash from the
>>> workers constantly blows into my yard. My dog picks it up and carrys
>>> it all over too. I'm tired of picking it up all the time.
>>>
>>> I asked him to please pickup and got an earful about how "Mother
>>> Nature" made the mess and to stop bothering him while he was working.
>>>
>>> Funny that when I built my shop last summer that I had the same
>>> 'construction mentality' people who throw stuff on the ground and I
>>> spent each night picking up so it would not blow everywhere. I went
>>> into neighbors yards as well to make sure I was being a good neighbor.
>>>
>>> So keeping it clean IS POSSIBLE......
>>>
>>> Which brings me to the real reason for the email.
>>>
>>> He starts in about my WISP antenna on my roof and that I HAVE TO take
>>> it down.  I got the 'you wanna play hardball with me... I'll fix you!!!"
>>>
>>> I refrained from telling him that I would take it down if he turned
>>> around and bent over so I could dispose of it. ;-)
>>>
>>> My initial information tells me that he can't make me take it down
>>> because I am allowed to send/recive public signals that I pay for but
>>> I may have to cite law to him to get the JERK to understand.
>>>
>>> So, I am probably going to have to find a lawyer who is Internet
>>> savvy enough to understand what I have, and tell me if I am right or
>>> if I will have to find another means of an Internet connection.
>>>
>>> Can anybody recommend anyone or help me find laws to help me
>>> determine what I am up against??
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Miles D. Oliver
>>>
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>>
>> David A. Cafaro <dac at cafaro.net>
>> Cafaro's Ramblings:  www.cafaro.net
>>
>>
>>
> 

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