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join:2003-11-14
Beverly Hills, CA
| I had an Internet sent to me???? What the hell is this gibberish?
The politicians have perfected the are to spewing thousands of words without actually saying anything. But at least there is some semblance of something resembling an articulated position. This is??? Not sure. Minced meat? | |
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ewgny
join:2000-12-21
East Setauket, NY | Alaskan Pipeline If the internet is a series of tubes, then his State has potentially the biggest Internet backbone in the country
Broadband over pipeline - or through pipeline
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Rogue Wolf
Is Kind Of A Big Deal In Yemen
join:2003-08-12
Troy, NY
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Have I seen this guy before? I have an old copy of "Kids STILL Say The Darndest Things!" as written by Art Linkletter. In it, one young boy theorizes that television works because a little man listens to a telephone and paints pictures of the scenes he's told.
I wonder if that was a young Ted Stevens?  Who knows what we'll hear next:
"A la carte programming will never work, because then the little man in the television would NEVER be able to keep up with the demand!"
Senator Stevens, the last three decades called. They have a lot to share with you.
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Network failure. Hit any user to continue.
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kellenw
join:2003-11-20
Kansas City, MO | I just sent him an "Internet" When he gets it in a few days, assuming he can read, he'll be really mad.
It's really sad to see how our government is so effectively killing our society, environment and economy. | |
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Terrorists target your resolve
join:2004-05-31
| Re: A t-shirt with image! Yah you laugh, but if one of those things blows, then you gotta go down to the five & dime, see which slot the bad one fits into, and just hope they have it in stock. And what if it blows on a Sunday when the store is closed, then you're really screwed!
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SparkChaser
BURY BECK
Premium
join:2000-06-06
Downingtown, PA
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·Comcast
| Re: A t-shirt with image! said by Fickey  :Yah you laugh, but if one of those things blows, then you gotta go down to the five & dime, see which slot the bad one fits into, and just hope they have it in stock. And what if it blows on a Sunday when the store is closed, then you're really screwed! Man, I'm gettin old. Yeah, me too! That was the first thing I thought of when I heard tubes
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@comcast.net
| Would you believe? For all from the US who have called this maroon a moron, you might want to make note that the maroon is President Pro Tempore of The USA.
»stevens.senate.gov/protem.cfm
That means he's third in line of succession to the Presidency if the other maroons, well, needed to be replaced because of death, for ex.
Imagine, this jacka** could be President? Scary eh? | |
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grandpinaple
join:2006-01-03
New York, NY | I KnOw WHY HE IS Pi$$ED! His machine is clearly clogged with spyware from all the porn sites he has visited. | |
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SparkChaser
BURY BECK
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join:2000-06-06
Downingtown, PA
·Verizon FIOS
·Comcast
| Email machine
As Steven's affectionately calls it, "my email thing-a-ma-jig" | |
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underdog58
Premium
join:2006-06-25
Philadelphia, PA
|  What a JOKE
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hpguru
Curb Your Dogma
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join:2002-04-12 | Re: What a JOKE I'll bet he also thinks the Earth is flat.  | |
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Canadude
@207.253.x.x
| "...mesage." I think the essential point in the neutrality debate is how the buck will be passed when QoS implementations distinguish between latency sensitive applications like streaming audio/video and gaming and latency tolerant traffic like htp ftp email etc. If existing subscribers did not have provisions in contracts about restricting access to certain types of services then there is no legal way I can think of for companies to cripple their latency and providing them with their current level of service only if they opt in to a higher tier of service. But remember that these are telecom companies we're talking about and they don't have legions of expensive lawyers for nothing, they're supposed to find them any legal way to make more money. However, common sense dictates if you want to run a large and profitable telco, there are certain costs associted. Playing catchup to consumer demand by revamping your network is an example of such a cost, for which they should be ready to 'suck it up' as it will only allow them more opportunity to provide commercial services, for money. This is an infrastructure matter for the telcos, and consumers should not have to be dragged into the fray at their own expense. | |
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join:2003-05-26
USA
·Comcast
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| Re: Tubes & Rubes "The Net neutrality bill took kind of a weird turn despite its defeat, when the public got to hear the mouthpiece for the telecom industry, Senator Ted Stevens. Wow. Stevens, an Alaska Republican, made a 10-minute speech before Congress that was something of a cross between a comedy act by Professor Irwin Corey and testimony by Casey Stengel, both famous for flubs, non sequiturs, and double-talk.
Stevens is most famous for diverting federal money to Alaska and especially famous for his grabbing $453 million needed for post-Katrina rebuilding to construct two bridges in Alaska, including the infamous "bridge to nowhere." He may be inarticulate and weird, but he does manage to benefit his state at a cost to the nation as a whole." | |
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Snakeoil
Taxes are Armed robbery.
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join:2000-08-05
Mentor, OH
·RoadRunner Cable
| Its like free pie and chips... "Its like free pie and chips"
everyone likes pie, and everyone likes chips.....
I still have no clue what that meand.
All I know is the government needs to keep hands off the net.
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@omcastbusiness.net
| Re: "hands off the net" "The government needs to keep hands off the net."
That's the bottom line.
BTW, the top level domain ".com" refers to COMMERCIAL.
Also, based on the majority of comments in this thread it is abundantly clear that few of you know any more about the Internet's infrastructure or its history than Senator Stevens. If the Senator is experiencing problems receiving email he should contact his ISP. The last thing anyone needs is Dilbert's pointy-haired boss interfering in matters he does not comprehend.
Finaly, legislation is no solution to technological problems, and this forum is no place for trolls to air their misinformed political peeves and ignorant snipes. | |
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A t-shirt with image!
