PersonelDaze
join:2003-03-04
Sharon, MA
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Re: Hmmm...
...I seem to remember several years ago, in the early days of DSL, how "The Bells" used to drag their feet when asked to fix a problem by re-sellers, and the only internet access option they offered was a $1500+/Mo T-1 line. The rationale at the time was the expense of the infrastructure was being unfairly borne by "The Bells". Since that time, "The Bells" have come to offer affordable DSL packages due to competition, since they were no longer in the position say the masses should "...(let them) eat (T-1) cake". Apple learned this exclusivity lesson the hard way as well. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it... |
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
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Do you even have a clue what net neutrality is about? Lower prices are not what's important here ya close minded puppet.
It's about making sure these monopolies (or duopolies)that you so blindly support dont use their market position to extort profits from legit businesses or restrict access to what should be free flowing packets throughout the entire internet.
Backbone providers should be doing nothing more than passing the packets they are paid to pass. They dont need to increase the priority of those that are giving in to their extortion and thus lowering the priority of those those that don't. And yes, they are paid for their services in full right now. There is no free ride as they would have you believe. |
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KrK
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said by asdjf  :Spitzer's much more anti-corrupt than anticorporate. That he happens to go after a lot of corporations says more about those corporations being corrupt than it does about Spitzer's stance on corporations. If he only goes after Corporations that are corrupt or corrupting politics then I will have no problem with him as the Telcos and their dollars are definitely corrupting our political system.
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asdjf
join:2005-01-01
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Spitzer's much more anti-corrupt than anticorporate. That he happens to go after a lot of corporations says more about those corporations being corrupt than it does about Spitzer's stance on corporations.
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rileyjam514
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join:2005-06-26
Kearny, NJ
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Yeah, I'm in Jersey, with our wonderfully corrupt politics (former Newark resident) and impossible bureaucracy (NJ BPU = NY PSC only more corrupt since it's Jersey).
Granted, I'm not saying Spitzer's a saint or anything, but considering his anti-corporate record, I would think the phone companies and cable companies present a very large and tempting target to him, and I would hope that he takes them on and leads the charge (since Jersey will always follow suit - ha ha what a pun!!1!).
Only time will tell.
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AJ023
join:2001-12-25
Forest Hills, NY
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Spitzer actually will have an impact based on the NY State level especially as he appoints a new PSC when he wins.
So dont worry about Spitzer 
I see you are in New Jersey however so it all depends on the NJ PSC or the equivalent thereof. |
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rileyjam514
There You Go Again...
join:2005-06-26
Kearny, NJ
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I agree. Some Congressional Committee discussing "network neutrality" doesn't mean that it's going to happen.
Watch, the providers will gut the concept of neutrality to the point where it's useless.
And does anyone care? Nah, these are the phone companies. They can do anything.
Where's Eliot Spitzer when you (really) need him?
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TKJunkMail
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said by oliphant :...if I blackmailed someone, I'd go to jail. If I bribed a Senator to vote my way...I'd go to jail. Telcos follow diff'rent rules than us lowly folk. Don't worry, the providers are bribing other Senators to make sure their side has equal time in the committee discussions after the hearings. And you'll pay the price no matter which side wins, network neutrality won't change that fact.
Everybody screams "Network Neutrality" like it is some magic talisman that will guarantee them lower prices. Dream on!!
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1 edit | ...if I blackmailed someone, I'd go to jail. If I bribed a Senator to vote my way...I'd go to jail. Telcos follow diff'rent rules than us lowly folk. |
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