NormanS
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join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
 ·Pacific Bell - SBC
| Re: beeee sssssss said by ofacesig  :The internet is what it is because it's a free uninhibited medium. Free only with respect to inhibitions. The infrastructure has definite costs. Somebody has to pay for all those transit routers, and all that fiber.
We all bought "unlimited" internet access because that what was sold to us.
I don't recall any ISP advertising "unlimited bandwidth". A lot advertised "unlimited access"; but that was referring to the fact that dial-up providers limited access.
If the Telcos and the cable firms have their way we will be paying more for our connections...
Fortunately, Comcast is in my neighborhood. When AT&T starts charging $69 per month for 768k DSL I will switch to Comcast.
...and they will charge google and yahoo and the like for the services they render to us for free.
Somehow, I don't see AT&T charging Yahoo! for squat; more likely they will just tell Yahoo! to stop charging them. That is what is happening with this "at&t Yahoo! HSI" business.
I used to work for BellSouth in management. I know exactly how they think.
Yes. They are the ones who sold out to AT&T.
Hmmm. I should point out that AT&T management was of the same mindset as Bellsouth management, considering that they also sold out...to SBC.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
