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Nope. We argued that we were providing data services under the FCC definition of utility. The only real person who got in our way was the city attorney. He sa
by trafficlight 9y ago
Nope. We argued that we were providing data services under the FCC definition of utility. The only real person who got in our way was the city attorney. He said that internet didn't qualify as Montana Code (circa 1950) only mentioned telephone and telegraph.
So we registered with the PSC as a telegraph provider...
- MichaelGG 9y agoAwesome. Do you actually have to sell telegram services?
- trafficlight 9y agoLegally, I don't think so. But we did build a little Raspberry Pi based machine with a telegraph key. It needs some more work, but there are people who are legitimately wanting to buy the service.
- neuland 9y agoThere are people that want to buy telegraph service?
- trafficlight 9y agoSurprisingly yes. I think it falls into two categories: nostalgia and hipster.
- tetha 9y agoI mean you have telephony via IP, and I'm sure there's an RFC to telegraphy via IP. So it's not wrong to say you're providing telegraphy. You're just choosing a very ... deep and expensive tech stack to do so.
- pyvpx 9y agoI was going to ask about the telegraph part of the name...hah. very interesting!