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toplevelpot
yes it is, no I don't share
join:2008-04-19
Los Angeles, CA
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| Pots will not die for as long as there are...
Pots will not die for as long as there are poor people, and non-tech-savvy people. When our power dies all but our cordless keep goin'. My dsl, well it takes a little for them to powercyle on their side, but otherwise it's up w/in a hour.
And someone mentioned block 50. Is that still relevant? Most of the time, in residential areas, it's not worth browning-out 1000 homes for the 500 Kw you'll save, worth more to brown-out a commercial or industrial area. And anyway, the power shortage was artificially created and masterfully manipulated, but is what 5 years past?
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sivran
Long Live The Suite
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join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
clubs: | I'm not poor, POTS is just flat-out more reliable in my area. Can your ISP do 100% uptime? | |
ReVeLaTeD
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join:2001-11-10
San Diego, CA
| Problem with POTS is this (and I speak as a former PacBell/SBC employee):
- "Local Toll" should be abolished if it hasn't already. It's ridiculous to be (theoretically possible) charging a fee for me to call someone that's 2 miles away. Simply ridiculous. And I don't mean some promo that gives you "free toll calling" I mean make it go away altogether.
- POTS should be mandated to clearly identify all charges, if they haven't done this already. SDG&E gives me a full page explaining every fee, every tax, and what it's for. The only one that was ambiguous was actually a credit - and they were willing to explain that to me.
- Long distance carrier plans and charges should be abolished. Cell phones can do it, why not POTS? They could, they just don't want to because it's free money. I'll never forget my younger days racking up ~$400 monthly phone bills so I could call a friend in Bakersfield.
- POTS should never require a credit check OR a contract. Period. No payment = cut it off, simple. There's no "credit" being extended.
- POTS should never exceed $10/month for basic unlimited service. There's no reason to charge any more than that, really. And I'm including calling features. Metered rate should be no more than $5 base. Lifeline rate should be audited (I know it isn't, trust me), because AT&T will likely get a rude awakening if they did. I know they won't, because they want customers any way they can have them, but that further solidifies the fact that they COULD charge less if they wanted and still survive. | |
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