With the FCC considering the rules for the next decade of internet access, I wanted to put in my two-cents about SureWest Communications. They have just hooked me up with a Fiber Optice 3Mbps connection for about the same as AT&T wanted to charge for 768Kbps and for less then a third of Comcast's asking price for the same speed. If you have not heard of SureWest, it is because they are only in two places in the country, and I just happen to be lucky enough to live in one of them. Because of this I don't have to deal with stealth filtering (Comcast) degraded ssl connections (Comcast and AT&T) and less then half of advertised speed (AT&T). The real point here is that much faster higher quality internet can be delivered at the current price point. When AT&T wants the FCC to call 350Kbps highspeed and Comcast says that they need filtering to maintain quality, the FCC needs to point to SureWest and ask why they can do it.

Here's to more competition in the ISP market place!