Jigglyware
Gelatin based computing
join:2006-01-09
Kenosha, WI
 ·AT&T Yahoo
| reply to eliopep
Re: Its none of their beezwax
To carry the analogy forward, the government does regulate what exactly goes into the products your supermarket carries. This sort of regulation is what allows you to buy a gallon of real milk, and not a gallon of milk-flavored chalk-water (true example).
I want a real-world definition of broadband, not the watered down version the communication companies provide. |
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huntml
join:2002-01-23
Mullica Hill, NJ
 ·Comcast
| reply to eliopep
This is what it comes down to, whether broadband is a generic product like pop-tarts or rutabagas, in which case it should be left to market forces to develop; or whether it is an essential product, a utility.
I personally have a hard time seeing it as anything other than a utility. In this day and time, data services are as essential to citizens' lives and to the economy as power, water, and POTS, clearly.
Do you think that these other utilities should be or have been deregulated to the extent broadband is? Were this the case, I would suggest that the US economy would never have been able to develop as it has. |
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Yauch
join:2005-06-24 | reply to eliopep
In the case of Apple Strudel Pop-Tarts: The answer is a resounding yes. GOVT REGULATION OF POP-TART FLAVORS NOW! |
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Vertickle
join:2003-08-05
Madison, AL
·Knology
| reply to 53059959
said by 53059959  :give him a break, hes from alabama. they don't teach english there Do what? |
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Cyber2lz
join:2001-11-15
Odessa, FL
| reply to Oleg
Oleg2000, according to your sig, you live BS (at&t) territory,.......
So, and I'm just guessing here, but that ain't happenin' soon!!! 
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The Light Pipe is the Right Pipe !!! |
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | reply to PDXPLT
No, we were freaked out on why anyone from this neck of the woods would want to travel to that part of the woods for. |
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PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR
| reply to ninjatutle
said by ninjatutle :I have broadband and everyone I know has it or has access to it. What and insular little world you must live in.
'reminds of all you people down there who freaked out when that family from your neck of the woods came up here and got lost. You guys just couldn't understand how anyone could get lost in this day and age. 'like you think everywhere is like where you live, and there's a Starbucks on every corner. |
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53059959
Temp banned from BBR more then anyone
join:2002-10-02
PwnZone | reply to Oleg
give him a break, hes from alabama. they don't teach english there |
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eliopep
@verizon.net | reply to Oleg
Broadband isn't a right, it's a product. No one forces you to live in a certain geographical area. If your local supermarket doesn't carry a certain product, should you expect your govt to subsidize it and provide it for you? |
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Oleg
Bellsouth Fastaccess
Premium
join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL
| reply to matrix3D
Re: Its none of their beezwax
said by matrix3D :How do you get it for free while paying $60 a month? I mean i should not pay anything to run fiber to my house and 100mbit service should cost under $60 |
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matrix3D
join:2006-09-27
Deep River, CT | reply to Oleg
How do you get it for free while paying $60 a month? |
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Oleg
Bellsouth Fastaccess
Premium
join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL
| reply to ninjatutle
said by ninjatutle :You can have it now. Just call up your local telco and request the engineering dept. Tell'um you want fibre to your premises. They'll get back to you within a week with a quote. I want it free and under $60 a month like Japan or Netherlands  |
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | reply to Oleg
You can have it now. Just call up your local telco and request the engineering dept. Tell'um you want fibre to your premises. They'll get back to you within a week with a quote. |
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Oleg
Bellsouth Fastaccess
Premium
join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL
| reply to ninjatutle
said by ninjatutle :Says you. I don't find anything wrong with minez. I have broadband and everyone I know has it or has access to it. I want fiber 100mbit. |
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA | reply to Oleg
Says you. I don't find anything wrong with minez. I have broadband and everyone I know has it or has access to it. |
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Oleg
Bellsouth Fastaccess
Premium
join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL | reply to ninjatutle
U.S suck when it comes to broadband. |
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