750,000 Customers Still Lease Phones > I can already hear the conversation

said by fiberguy:

Oh come on now..

Do you know how many time's i've tried to get my 72 year old grandmother to stop paying the phone company for an out-dated rate plan that owuld save her about $17 a month on her bill and she's too hard headed to make a change? Why? her answer is "I don't want to make any changes.. what I have works and I am fine with it"..

said by fiberguy:

Not all old people are dumb,.. not all old people are idiots,.. and not all old people are feable.

said by fiberguy:

As it was said, 20 years ago these people were not old. Stuborn? Sure.. but that's thier fault. You can't protect everyone all the time and I hardly doubt any refunds are in order here either... mandated or not.

said by fiberguy:

I like the analogy of not paying rent to a landloard when the mortgage is paid for. So, I guess cable boxes should be free too? DSL technology is supposed to be paid for by now too, that should be free as well and moved into the socialist column in society as well I guess.

said by fiberguy:

Some how there is this notion that there are laws on what people should be able to sell, not sell, profit from etc when it comes to this kind of thing. "They make enough money"... who decides that? Buyer beware is #1 priority. (I am generalizing, so withdrawl the claws)... SOME areas need protection like in houses and cars... but telephones? 20 years has gone by and people aren't seeing this? It's their fault. I don't want a government stepping in to protect me from being stupid.