rudnicke
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Rantoul, IL | Idiot Martin is a moron. Plain and simple. | |
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TScheisskopf
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| Re: Idiot Martin is doing what the industry wants: everything he can so they do not have to make more in the way of capital investments in infrastructure, which is also what Wall Street wants.
On one hand, the industry as a whole cries "Don't make broadband a utility and things will improve at a far faster rate".
On the other hand, things don't improve at a far faster rate, but the industry keeps pushing for more deregulation and considerations from the FCC. They generally get what they want, too.
Martin also keeps BPL because the eletricity carriers want another revenue stream, technical problems be damned.
I predict that when it all shakes out, Kevin Martin will be considered something of a disaster for telecommunications and cable. They are gonna have to play catch-up at some point, and when they do, it will cost just that much more and leave more marks. | |
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TKJunkMail
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Avalon, NJ
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| Re: Idiot said by TScheisskopf  :Martin is doing what the industry wants: everything he can so they do not have to make more in the way of capital investments in infrastructure, which is also what Wall Street wants. Your statement might make SOME sense except for the fact that the telcos and cable companies are investing billions of dollars in infrastructure improvements every year. Don't you read the qtrly company reports posted here at BBR that show how much they are spending every quarter on infrastructure?
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1 edit | Re: Idiot Your statement would make more sense if most of these providers weren't decades behind in improving said infrastructure already. Verizon is the only large provider I recall that has actually opened up the ol'wallet for some forward looking technology. And they have taken a hell of a beating from shareholders for doing it. | |
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Alexandria, VA | Re: Idiot How are they "decades behind"? Or are you speaking of minimal ISDN rollouts over the last couple of decades? Presumably, you meant 5, maybe 10 if you really want to stretch, years behind. | |
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| Billions and Billions? I think not. What they ARE doing, is paying the fat cat salaries out of 'infrastructure'. Any paying for their corporate jets, and yachts as 'infrastructure'. Actually running wires? Purchasing and installing new equipment? MAYBE 5% of their so called 'infrastrucure' budget. They ALWAYS put their perks in CAPITAL COSTS, so they can write them off.
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | Re: Idiot I always find your posts humorous. Can you point to anything, anywhere, that shows such "infrastructure" expenditures? | |
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fiberguy
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| said by rudnicke :Martin is a moron. Plain and simple. Of all the people that Bush appointed,... why ini the world hasn't THIS one quit like the others??? 
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| backness
join:2005-07-08
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| Re: Idiot probably cause he can't go any higher...
Also lets face the facts,
The people in charge think that a 1970's model of measuring broadband is "adequate"
Do we really have to say anything else?
Each provider has the ACTUAL list, this should be a non issue, except its a political hot potato.
I think this is best evidence that this job should not be a political appointment | |
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
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| Re: Idiot said by backness :Each provider has the ACTUAL list, this should be a non issue, except its a political hot potato. Maybe the real issue is why does it really matter if we know every single street address that has access. | |
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join:2005-07-08
K2P OW2 | Re: Idiot as opposed to knowing that one in a particular zip code has a connection?
I take it you were born before 1960? | |
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join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
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| Re: Idiot said by backness :.. I take it you [openbox9] were born before 1960? not necessarily; openbox9 simply appears to be an apologist/defender of the status quo. maybe he owns lots of telco stock. | |
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
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| Re: Idiot said by nasadude :not necessarily; openbox9 simply appears to be an apologist/defender of the status quo. maybe he owns lots of telco stock. Typical response. I've already said this before, but I'll repeat...I am not an employee, I receive no compensation, nor do I directly own any telecom stock or stock options. I'm simply a guy who's tired of seeing continued waste of my tax dollars and I'm definitely a guy who doesn't want to see increased waste of my tax dollars. | |
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| Re: Idiot said by openbox9 :said by nasadude :not necessarily; openbox9 simply appears to be an apologist/defender of the status quo. maybe he owns lots of telco stock. Typical response. I've already said this before, but I'll repeat...I am not an employee, I receive no compensation, nor do I directly own any telecom stock or stock options. I'm simply a guy who's tired of seeing continued waste of my tax dollars and I'm definitely a guy who doesn't want to see increased waste of my tax dollars. So then you don't actually have a vested financial interest in keeping the abysmal state of broadband at the status quo. You'd like to keep that way just because it appeals to you. | |
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
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| Re: Idiot Don't put words in my mouth. First, I don't see this "abysmal state of broadband" that so many around here whine about. Second, I say bring on the broadband for customers who are willing to pay for the service (and I don't believe any service provider will deny service to those willing to pay for it). The problem is, that a lot of customers aren't willing to pay for these connections, they want everyone else to pay for them. | |
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| Re: Idiot said by openbox9 :. The problem is, that a lot of customers aren't willing to pay for these connections, they want everyone else to pay for them. Who are these customers who allegedly "want everyone else to pay for them?" | |
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
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| Re: Idiot Those who aren't willing to pay hundreds/thousands of dollars for their precious connections. Those who want government regulation (tax dollars) to bring them service. Those who want a corporation, no matter what the cost or impact, to extend service to every person in this country. | |
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
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| said by backness :as opposed to knowing that one in a particular zip code has a connection? I take it you were born before 1960? As opposed to knowing even the zip code level. Seems like a waste of money to me. And, not that it really matters, but I was born in 1973. | |
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My views are my own.
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join:2005-05-20 | Being in Windsor, ON.. what does the U.S. FCC have to do with anything concerning you. | |
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| JSRoman
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join:2005-03-10
Callahan, FL
| I have never sent money to any political campaign but if Martin ever runs for office, I will make a point to send a contribution to whoever is running against him. Can you just imagine this idiot as a senator or house rep.?
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Suffern, NY
| Re: Idiot said by JSRoman :I have never sent money to any political campaign but if Martin ever runs for office, I will make a point to send a contribution to whoever is running against him. Can you just imagine this idiot as a senator or house rep.? He will not run for office. He will just shop his resume around to all the Telcos who he is owed by for his actions with the FCC and accept the best Job Offer (Deferred Bribe) he gets. | |
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join:2007-08-19
| said by JSRoman :I have never sent money to any political campaign but if Martin ever runs for office, I will make a point to send a contribution to whoever is running against him. Can you just imagine this idiot as a senator or house rep.? Except for the part about sending money -which I would never do even under threat of torture- Martin couldn't possibly be any more of bigger whore than the existing "leaders" in office already are. Name one -just one- that isn't spread & ready whenever his or her respective corporate master(s) john snaps his fingers? | |
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