No AT&T LightSpeed Internet Service Anytime Soon – NIMBYs Win Against City –...
TweetThe hard-core NIMBYs at San Francisco Beautiful (our Comcast monopoly’s L’il Buddy) ended up going two for two yesterday in their crusade ensure that dial-up internet service is the best that some...
View ArticleSupervisor Scott Wiener’s “Dear NIMBY” Letter for Those Distraught By...
TweetWell, here it is, via Noe Valley SF, a Hyper-Local Guide to Noe Valley … With Attitude, it’s Supervisor Scott Wiener’s address to the NIMBY associations of District 8 regarding his approval of...
View ArticleThe NIMBYs Just Can’t Win in 2011: Here’s a Blow-By-Blow Account of the AT&T...
Tweet[UPDATE: And oh, yesterday's vote at the Board o' Supes will have no effect upon cell phone service in San Francisco, despite what some might tell you. Uverse is about TV and wired Internet and...
View ArticleThe End of the Comcast Monopoly Might Begin Today: Boo, Comcast! Hurray, Free...
Tweet[Well, the can got kicked down the road today at the BoS of course. Oh well. BTW, can your neighbors band together to prevent you from getting your mail? Not that I know of. So why should your...
View ArticleWe DON’T Need An EIR Before Utility Boxes Are Installed – Welcoming AT&T...
TweetGet up to speed on the U-Verse issue right here and Fog City Journal has coverage of yesterday’s rally at City Hall right here. Oh, look, yet another “utility box” on the sidewalks of San...
View ArticleAdditional Environmental Review NOT Needed on Massive AT&T Utility Box...
TweetWell, here’s the other viewpoint, from that blog what doesn’t allow The People to make comments, what gets five-figures a year of taxpayer money to express its leader’s political views, what’s run...
View ArticleYet Another Delay in Installing Fiber Optic Communications in San Francisco:...
TweetWell, AT&T Regional Vice President of External Affairs Marc Blakeman had his hands full yesterday at the Board of Supervisors over the whole AT&T U-Verse NIMBY shakedown issue. Here’s what...
View ArticleThe End of the Comcast Monopoly Might Begin Today at 4:00 PM – Boo, Comcast!...
TweetComcast sucks, right? (1.9 million results can’t be wrong.) And Comcast’s monopoly in the 415 is part of the reason why. Anyway, I’ve said my piece, but here’s the punto de vista from today’s...
View ArticleSimple-Minded Columnist C.W. Nevius Weighs In: “Is HDTV competition worth...
TweetSo let’s see here, U-Verse (short for universe, or universal, or whatnot, manifestly) is a weird name, apparently, but “Nevius,” that’s not weird at all. That’s one lesson you can learn today from...
View ArticleThey’re Ba-aack! AT&T is Back to Bring Fiber Optic IP Networking to SF – 700...
TweetHere’s what you do, just surf on over to ipnetwork4sf.att.com to see what AT&T has in store for San Francisco. They want to bring fiber optics closer to your house so that you can join the...
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