 DHRacerFire Survivor
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA
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Only because Comcast, and every other company, gets away with murder because this administration is pro big business.
Look at this administration, it wouldn't be here if it weren't for another big business: oil.
So, in order to foster good feelings between those in office, and those who paid to put them there, the kid gloves are on when it comes to handling these situations.
Can't upset the wealthy board members, now can we? |
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 72276539Premium
join:2001-01-19
Atlanta, GA | said by DHRacer:
Look at this administration, it wouldn't be here if it weren't for another big business: oil.
Kinda funny you mention that.... you want to know where Al Gore's daddy got all his money from..... you guessed it, OIL! So using your logic I guess Al would also have been pro big business for oil. |
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| al gore aint in office so where his daddy got his money is his concerns |
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lesopp
join:2001-06-27
Land O Lakes, FL | reply to DHRacer
And I suppose the consumers who blindly write checks while complaining in silence bear no responsibility in shaping how broadband is delivered. The consumer holds the ultimate trump card. If enough people cancel the capped or metered "unlimited always on service", the provider will get the message.
I don't want to go back to dialup, but if my broadband became metered or capped there would be no other choice. I will never get sucked into paying for something I did not order or want.
After all, whatever happened to the customer is always right. |
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 GodTHE Dslr TrollPremium
join:2002-07-01
Colorado Springs, CO | reply to DHRacer
cable companies pay off the politicians =\ |
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lesop wrote
"And I suppose the consumers who blindly write checks while complaining in silence bear no responsibility in shaping how broadband is delivered. "
uhh try complaining to comcast, threatening to cancel the service, and have their rep say "ok, i can cancel your account. There its cancelled. thank you for calling comcast" .... thats how they work. they dont care. I used t hear of people who would threaten to cancel and get 6 months half off, or a month free.... not so anymore. Comcast knows you have no choice. You pay or you get dropped--its a monopoly. i have no other option (believe me ive tried).
not many can just cancel. i work from home, i need something faster than dialup.
Next time, think about ppl other than yourself. kthx.
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[referring to the RIAA...] These guys buy congress people like M&Ms |
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DHRacerFire Survivor
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Lake Arrowhead, CA Reviews:
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| reply to 72276539
well the big cheese has his veep with him. if i remember correctly the veep was big chief at some oil company. there are probably quite a few others on his staff that are "friends of texas", too.
gore may have family in the oil business but i doubt he would have surrounded himself in oil-related personnel like bush jr.
and gore wasn't running from a state where oil makes kings. i believe we have had a few kings from texas. lyndon johnson comes to mind, and there may be others further back in history. |
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lesopp
join:2001-06-27
Land O Lakes, FL | reply to fuzydice
Boycotts are more effective when there is organized participation, otherwise your voice just won't be heard. Try looking at www.comcastsucks.com (I haven't actually looked).
I did the work from home thing, two days a week, using dialup. Yes Outlook sucks in the worst ways on dialup, but it works. Telnet worked fine, rlogin worked fine, vpn worked fine anything requiring grapics was slow, but they all worked.
In the context of my original remarks, sacrifice is necessary to meet the objective.
If you can't or won't make the sacrifice your only other course would be to support re-regulation of the cable industry. Make your local franchise authority aware of your complaint and when they cannot help pass it along to your elected federal officials. |
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