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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (35867)	9/24/2010 9:54:53 AM
From: ftth	1 Recommendation Respond to of 46821

Yep, "Limitations" and "not enough"...not exactly shocking results. That's the nature of any regulatory decision involving competing interests. Any other outcome would likely have brought lawsuits and additional years of delays. The question is whether the people that are highly motivated to make something of this new set of boundaries find it so unworkable that they just throw in the towel, and this Order advances nothing. It will take some time for these people to first get over the imperfect outcome, and then analyze it with clear heads, and finally decide whether there is a worthwhile path forward. It will be interesting to see how the differing "motivated interests" ultimately come down. If larger companies with some "sacrifical cash" and that were already "motivated interests" kill off their efforts, that would be a bad sign. If smaller companies all throw in the towel, and as long as it wasn't primarily due to lack of cash to pursue it, that would arguably be a worse sign. Time will tell. Current impressions are probably too emotion-laden.

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (35867)	9/24/2010 10:20:50 AM
From: axial	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Frank, your outlook is understood and appreciated - not only for its inherent value, but its difference. We should never dismiss hope. But as they say in investing circles, "Hope isn't a very good strategy." The change that we both hope for can only be delivered through the medium of politics. Unless and until we see a demonstration of political courage and imagination, the FCC and CRTC will continue to be driven by forces they cannot control. They don't have the power to make change. That power resides in the domains of politics and law which grant them limited authority. It is therefore unreasonable (but nevertheless satisfactory to many) to criticize their unremitting effort to steer between the rocks. Jim