fegul
Premium
join:2004-08-23
united state | Damn
Its already costing me $53 a month. Crap. |
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insomx
Premium
join:2003-01-26
Canada | Ditto! |
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Boomerang86
Got FUD?
Premium
join:2002-10-18
VampireState
clubs: | Hold the phone Da##it!!!
How is throwing EVEN MORE money at a program which is already badly mismanaged going to solve ANY problem??? |
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rickten
join:2002-03-09
Davis, CA | reply to insomx
Re: Damn
the rich get richer and the common man, well you get the point. |
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celeritypc
For Lucky Best Wash, Use Mr. Sparkle
Premium
join:2004-05-15
Caldwell, NJ
| reply to Boomerang86
Re: Hold the phone Da##it!!!
said by Boomerang86  :How is throwing EVEN MORE money at a program which is already badly mismanaged going to solve ANY problem??? Isn't that how we solve all our problems? Something's not working, let's throw more money at it. We can further soak the people who really can't afford it.  |
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ke4pym
join:2004-07-24
Charlotte, NC
 ·Verizon BroadbandA..
 ·Packet8
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Boomerang86
said by Boomerang86 :How is throwing EVEN MORE money at a program which is already badly mismanaged going to solve ANY problem??? Thats what we keep asking our school system here everytime the county raises taxes in the name of making it better. They can't spend the money they've got now. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
 ·North State Commun..
| reply to Boomerang86
said by Boomerang86 :How is throwing EVEN MORE money at a program which is already badly mismanaged going to solve ANY problem??? Come on bro, this is the government. Their solution to EVERYTHING is throw money at the problem until there isn't any money left, then cut back essential programs all while giving themselves raises. |
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Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..
| reply to ke4pym
said by ke4pym :said by Boomerang86 :How is throwing EVEN MORE money at a program which is already badly mismanaged going to solve ANY problem??? Thats what we keep asking our school system here everytime the county raises taxes in the name of making it better. They can't spend the money they've got now. You all have a NICE school system in Mecklenburg County though.  |
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ib50MbSoon
Formerly TwoKDialup
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Coloma, MI
| Crybaby Bells...
"The bells have long complained that cable companies don't pay as heavily into the USF, which is geared toward subsidizing broadband deployment for the nation's less connected."
So explain why Comcast can deliver HSI to my address yet SBC and their USF windfall seems unable to deliver DSL. Or does SBC consider a connection droppin' 28kb dialup line as broadband? Sheeesh! |
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TheSaint
join:2002-01-25
Hanover Park, IL
clubs:
·Charter Pipeline
·Comcast
| reply to insomx
Re: Damn
$50 here for Charter. I can't wait for the two page letter that will follow explaining the "increase" in terms a consumer can "understand", i.e. not tell them about the true pork barrel nature of the USF.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. --- Edmund Burke
Kill your TV, then Internet Explorer: »www.mozilla.org |
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Deft
Stros in '08
Premium
join:2003-09-06
Grand Forks, ND
clubs: | reply to ib50MbSoon
Re: Crybaby Bells...
My cable company just raised their prices to TWO DOLLARS MORE!!! [sarcasm]ARHGGG im so POORRR[/sarcasm]
mines 52.00 now and i only get 5down and 512 up.. |
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udas
@hp.com | no big deal?
If $2 more isn't a big deal to you then you can pay my $2 every month. That sounds good to me. |
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jsimmons
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-24
Falls Church, VA
| reply to fegul
Re: Damn
I pay $49/month for a Local/LD phone service package from the phone co. What do I get billed? Try $74!! Thats $25 a month in taxes and fees!!
The governments (yes federal, state, and local) and phone company know they can get away with it... and the phone company lobbies want to level the playing field against broadband - not by reducing the fees and taxes, but by making the BB providers tack on the same fees and taxes.
Gees.. my phone bill is indecipherable enough as it is. Soon, the broadband bills will be the same.
Time to write your congress representatives about this madness (not that it'll do a lick of good). But its time for consumers to make their point and make it loudly.
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler."- Albert Einstein |
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BonezX
Basement Dweller
Premium
join:2004-04-13
Canada
| reply to Deft
Re: Crybaby Bells...
said by Deft :My cable company just raised their prices to TWO DOLLARS MORE!!! [sarcasm]ARHGGG im so POORRR[/sarcasm] mines 52.00 now and i only get 5down and 512 up.. get around same upload, double the download, $45CDN. |
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neftv
join:2000-10-01
Broomall, PA | Keep tabs
On your local Congressperson and Senator and urge them enough is enough with the taxes. Make your voice heard that way to the people that have power to vote on this stuff. |
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dodgetech2
join:2002-01-01
Gouldsboro, PA
·ProLog
·Vonage
| reply to Deft
Re: Crybaby Bells...
said by Deft :My cable company just raised their prices to TWO DOLLARS MORE!!! [sarcasm]ARHGGG im so POORRR[/sarcasm] mines 52.00 now and i only get 5down and 512 up.. 10 Down 800 Up $51.00 |
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Razgriz
Pandora rocks
Premium
join:2005-05-31
Fayetteville, NC
clubs: | reply to udas
As if Prices aren't already high enough
This is just wonderful, I can barely afford what I'm paying now for broadband. If it goes up...this is not good news at all. |
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
Premium
join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA |  Great...
...like Comcrap needs any more help (or weak justification for) raising prices. |
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brian123321123
@optonline.net | more?!
i think its too much already !!!! |
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KeepOnRockin
Music Lover Forever
Premium
join:2002-11-08
Beaverton, OR
·Comcast
| reply to oliphant
Re: Great...
said by oliphant :...like Comcrap needs any more help (or weak justification for) raising prices. I know. I already pay $66 a month.
I don't think I could take the price going up even more  |
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