2001	8,450
2002	7,627
2003	4,249
2004	4,327
2005	4,417

here's the numbers with OECD and ITU rankings:
Year	# of firms	OECD 	ITU
2001	8,450	4	
2002	7,627	8	11
2003	4,249	10	13
2004	4,327	12	16
2005	4,417	12	16

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"If it was usage based," Smith says, "I'd open everybody up to 
full throttle. But customers want to pay $30 per month and not worry about 
usage. Calculating prices is like doing an actuarial table. People who buy 
256 Kbps and are doing a little browsing and e-mail are [subsidizing] the 
tech-savvy user who has a 3 Mbps connection and is using it full throttle." 

"The people in the bottom tiers are paying too much and those in the top 
tiers are paying too little. We're charged based on the 95th percentile of
usage. I could open bigger a bigger pipe but the customer doesn't want to
 pay for that." 

I
 like that.

You need rules of the road!

A large majority of those voters voted in the presidential 
primary because of Barack Obama. Those new voters also overwhelmingly 
voted for Donna Edwards. The end result? Not only does Barack Obama win 
but his victory helps bring about the the first progressive primary 
victory against an incumbent U.S. House Democrat in a decade. Two 
movements. Working side by side.

Obama's page says:

"Barack Obama strongly supports the principle of network neutrality 
to preserve the benefits of open competition on the Internet. Users 
must be free to access content, to use applications, and to attach 
personal devices. They have a right to receive accurate and honest 
information about service plans. But these guarantees are not enough 
to prevent network providers from discriminating in ways that limit 
the freedom of expression on the Internet. Because most Americans only 
have a choice of only one or two broadband carriers, carriers are 
tempted to impose a toll charge on content and services, discriminating 
against websites that are unwilling to pay for equal treatment."

So, Obama is denying my existence as an independent ISP too!

’ÄòOdd,’Äô said Arthur, ’ÄòI thought you said it was a democracy?’Äô

’ÄòI did,’Äô said Ford, ’ÄòIt is.’Äô

’ÄòSo,’Äô said Arthur, hoping he wasn’Äôt sounding ridiculously obtuse, 
’Äòwhy don’Äôt the people get rid of the lizards?’Äô

’ÄòIt honestly doesn’Äôt occur to them,’Äô said Ford. ’ÄòThey’Äôve all got the 
vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they’Äôve 
voted in more or less approximates to the government they want.’Äô

’ÄòYou mean they actually vote for the lizards?’Äô

’ÄòOh yes,’Äô said Ford with a shrug, ’Äòof course.’Äô

’ÄòBut,’Äô said Arthur, going for the big one again, ’Äòwhy?’Äô

’ÄòBecause if they didn’Äôt vote for a lizard,’Äô said Ford, ’Äòthe wrong 
lizard might get in.’Äô

Eight Principles of Open Government Data
http://resource.org/8_principles.html

Insanely Useful Sites
http://sunlightfoundation.com/resources

Programmable Government
http://programmable.com/government

Everyblock - hyperlocal content with govt data
http://everyblock.com

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