pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
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Re: chip in some change?
said by SteveLV702  :let the government pay for it they can finally contribute something to this country  I'll agree with you that the government doesn't really contribute much of anything good to this country... but who always foots the bill for the government?
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calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA | How soon we forget!
Uh, the Internet was a government (DARPA) project. Without it, we might all currently be hostage to ISDN protocols.
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Mchart
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join:2004-01-21
Gurnee, IL
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| said by calvoiper :How soon we forget! Uh, the Internet was a government (DARPA) project. Without it, we might all currently be hostage to ISDN protocols. calvoiper Uh, we are currently still hostage to POTS. I'd rather have ISDN be a standard to every house, then POTS. |
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calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| Thanks, but no thanks. ISDN at megabit levels would be in the hundreds of dollars per connection, without the alternative of the Internet driving digital prices down.
Think of it this way. The world wanted stripped-down pick-up trucks to haul data around. The Bells created ISDN as the fully loaded, all option Rolls-Royce vehicle--and then told people, reluctantly, that if you really want to haul data, you can use a cutting torch to turn the trunk into a truck bed--but it will still cost you Rolls-Royce prices.
Guess what? The Bells didn't sell much ISDN, and they are STILL smarting about it.
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Bassistguy
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said by Mchart :said by calvoiper :How soon we forget! Uh, the Internet was a government (DARPA) project. Without it, we might all currently be hostage to ISDN protocols. calvoiper Uh, we are currently still hostage to POTS. I'd rather have ISDN be a standard to every house, then POTS. ISDN and POTS are 2 totally different things, but ISDN does use POTS. ISDN is a dial-up service (2 dial-up connections, that runs over a POTS line), and POTS is what you use when you pick up your standard land phone (that is, if you are using the old baby bell/new AT&T monopoly service...I guess a cable phone can be considered POTS, as it is just a plain old telephone service). If you don't want POTS, get rid of your land line and get a cell phone  .
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MadMANN
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said by calvoiper :How soon we forget! Uh, the Internet was a government (DARPA) project. Without it, we might all currently be hostage to ISDN protocols. calvoiper I thought Al Gore invented it. |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
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said by pnh102 :I'll agree with you that the government doesn't really contribute much of anything good to this country... but who always foots the bill for the government? you get the govt you have, not the govt you wish you had. |
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