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FFH5
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join:2002-03-03
Tavistock NJ

FFH5

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RE:FCC votes to fund broadband service for low-income homes

Looks like the USF fees are just going to go up and up for telecom/cable customers. It never ends.
88615298 (banned)
join:2004-07-28
West Tenness

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Re: RE:FCC votes to fund broadband service for low-income homes

said by FFH5:

Looks like the USF fees are just going to go up and up for telecom/cable customers. It never ends.

Or funds can be diverted from the USF funds that go toward proving rural telephone service

ArrayList
DevOps
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join:2005-03-19
Mullica Hill, NJ

ArrayList

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Re: RE:FCC votes to fund broadband service for low-income homes

I wonder what the cost of providing telephone service is anymore. Is it really that much more expensive than running something a bit more next-gen?

KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
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to FFH5
Yep, the slush and waste fund will now be expanded in the name of "Free broadband for the poor". It will cost many times more per "household assisted" then just paying for a connection would, of course, when you account for all the padding and waste that will be involved.

FFH5
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join:2002-03-03
Tavistock NJ

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RE:Online petition asks Apple for 'ethical' iPhone

Ethically produced iPhones will drive up the price. Apple depends on Chinese slave labor to make their big profits. Anything that would disrupt cheap labor is unlikely.
Kearnstd
Space Elf
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ

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Re: RE:Online petition asks Apple for 'ethical' iPhone

id love to know what the actual parts to shelf of an apple store cost is for their various iDevices.

KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK

KrK

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Re: RE:Online petition asks Apple for 'ethical' iPhone

An Iphone 4S costs around $190-$205 in parts and labor according to various articles I've read.

jseymour
join:2009-12-11
Waterford, MI

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Don't Much Care What B&N Does

As succinctly as possible:

  • I had my doubts about e-books, because you don't really own them. You get essentially a Right To Use (RTU) license, which can pretty-much be revoked by the "seller" on a whim.
  • But I bought a Vizio VTAB, and allowed the allure of e-books to grab me, anyway
  • After a mere $20 in purchases from B&N, a Nook app update made my password no longer usable
  • Now being locked out of "my" e-library: My initial concerns were now justified, in my mind. I asked B&N to either refund my purchase costs or replace the e-books with real books. Pushed it way up the food chain, there. They declined.
  • I instructed B&N to keep the $20, delete all my account information and to never darken my doorway again. Deleted the app. Nuked the Nook data. Deleted my B&N account information from my digital keyring. Black-holed B&N on my mail server.

Amazon and others will henceforth and forever get my book business.

Good going, Barnes & Nobel.

DavePR
join:2008-06-04
Canyon Country, CA

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GPS does not listen to Lightsquared

GPS is desensitized by the strong adjacent channel terrestrial transmitters. GPS is operating in a very low power part of the spectrum. The receivers can fit anywhere because they don't require bulky filters. The receivers don't draw extra current from the battery because they don't have to overcome insertion loss of bulky filters.

These people get paid the big bucks to take risks; they should have spent some on an M Street consultant.