mrchris
We don't miss you Bush
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join:2002-10-01
North Babylon, NY
1 edit | Not really
I really think they should have more balls to deal with the "Muslim" situation there first.. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ |  Sounds good, but .........
will you have to wash your hands each time you use your broadband connection ?   |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ | Toilet
I can hear it now about slow speeds.
"My speeds are in the toilet, did you flush?"
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justbits
More fiber than ATT can handle
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join:2003-01-08
Chicago, IL
 ·AT&T Midwest
| With Internet service being consistently provided in France's sewers, they're definitely going to realize the tubes analogy that's been so popular here in the states.
As if there already wasn't enough crap on the Internet, France's Internet is going to be drowning in it.
--justbits |
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MsChris
@ameritech.net | reply to mrchris
Re: Not really
Thanks for the utterly irrelevant first post. |
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mesmerMAN
join:2006-01-18
Miami, FL | reply to mrchris
explain! |
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Harddrive
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join:2000-09-20
Norwich, CT | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Sounds good, but .........
sound like a shi**y way to get FTTH. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Screw the Sewers
I want to see them run service through the Paris underground catacombs 
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sancraig
join:2003-11-05
Saint Louis, MO | reply to mesmerMAN
Re: Not really
Think he's talking bout this:
»www.washtimes.com/world/20061011···275r.htm |
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ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana
| This idea gets some press every 6 months or so. The vendors quickly realize its MUCH easier to forge your own conduit -- than to attempt fiber breakouts every 75 to 100 feet from an existing, active sewer or gas line (works OK for longer point-to-point runs though)
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BPLSUCKS
join:2006-04-26
Grand Ledge, MI
| Huh?
Good idea though because they are using a system already in place that goes to almost every home that has city sewer. But seriousness aside...sample dialogue:
Wife: Hun the internet is acting slow
Husband: I had the mexican for lunch
Wife: Couldn't you have waited?
Husband: I thought it would make it faster. |
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enrolk
join:2002-04-23
Murrells Inlet, SC | You have to be flushed to afford it there.
Someone said their tax rate was around 75%. Hard to believe. |
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MadMANN
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join:2005-08-19 | reply to Harddrive
Re: Sounds good, but .........
Yeah, people will be dropping fiber on their fiber!!  |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY | P train
The Next thing I will hear in this thread is about the "P [subway] Train" and "go take a P [Train] against the wall". |
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fcvsdfvds
@comcast.net | reply to enrolk
Re: Huh?
Yea that's called socialism the worst form of governement in the world |
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as always
@rr.com
| as always
As always everything French do is full of sh... . I agree with one of the previous posters. Their "freedom " lead to internal unrest where minority is telling natives to get out and follow their rules. In civilized world, freedom should exists, but there are should be some limitations.
now can someone explain to me are French really overworked population if store is open 10am-12pm, closes until 4 pm, reopens and then closes again 6 pm. And even if you are in store, they will not help you? |
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claudeo
join:2000-02-23
Redmond, WA
| It's just one more thing
Unlike many other cities, especially in North America, the core of Paris has a very extensive sewer system built as interconnected tunnels that run below just about every street. You can walk along those tunnels on a raised sidewalk, without stepping in the flow of sewage unless you need to get into a branch that goes to a building. The sewer tunnels have been used to install all kinds of utilities that were not initially part of the plan, such as steam, gas, electricity, "pneumatic" tubes to shoot letters across town, telephone and now fiber, all out of sight. Contrast that with American cities, especially in the West or outside the core city center, where each utility digs a separate trench then fills it up, starting an endless cycle of expensive digging and resurfacing. To save money, wherever possible lines are tacked onto the face of buildings or strung on poles rather than buried... |
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sancraig
join:2003-11-05
Saint Louis, MO | reply to MsChris
Re: Not really
Yeah cause fiber is much more important than 2500 police officers lifes............. |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
00000 | reply to claudeo
Re: It's just one more thing
""pneumatic" tubes to shoot letters across town,"
Heh I don't know why but that sounds so cool. |
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click_310
Eat my shorts
join:2002-12-06
Savannah, GA
| reply to enrolk
Re: Huh?
said by enrolk  :You have to be flushed to afford it there. Someone said their tax rate was around 75%. Hard to believe. Feel free to read »www.oecd.org/dataoecd/12/55/34674393.xls
taken from here »www.oecd.org/document/60/0,2340,···,00.html
and more stuff here »www.oecd.org/topicstatsportal/0,···,00.html
before pulling numbers out of your ass.
Disclaimer: poster is not French. Freedom Fries ftw :/ |
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