If the ISP’s get too greedy - companies like Netflix, Hulu, Google, etc. will simply innovate a way around them. Because THEY are greedy.

Hell, they can give the god of all that is the future - Elon Musk - a few hundred million so he can fly his satellites - or whatever bullshit he’s dreamed up this week - burning…

Think they aren’t getting paid a fair wage ? Try working on the new plantation - an Amazon warehouse . . .

These bikes are nothing more than moveable litter, that will be recycled - as soon as these companies run out of investors money.

I agree the placement is sneaky, and the language can be murky - but many of those fees are pass-throughs of fees they pay to various “programs” or agencies of the goverment that were intended to cover the cost of government oversight, expansion of networks into commercially undesirable areas, etc. Add to that local…

Fear of competitors with a better idea (and those better ideas) is what built almost everything we have. Regulation invites complacency. Even worse is “planned economies”. I think the issue with Ting is tens of millions versus hundreds of thousands. It’s not a problem - until it is.

I don’t quite understand: People…

Before they broke it up - they heartily endorsed it. Get the private sector to pay, then step in and mess with it. If it hadn’t been for the technological shift to wireless - the landline system would still be a cluster . . . As far as “breaking it up” - it just provided lots of work for M&A attorneys - since…

Government research dollars built a rudimentary network and protocols. It did not string the lines, upgrade switches, wire homes, create hardware, etc . . . be fair about it. Bottom line is - the internet we have today was largely built in the pursuit of porn.

As for customers - it quickly became apparent that “all you…

Same business model as the original Uber... unused capacity . .

Most of those below the line fees are mandated by the government for their stupid programs - until the revenue gets directed elsewhere...

Yep. Regulated phone service was great ! Now it’s so cheap - anyone can have it. I miss the days of paying $3.00 a minute for long distance....

“Free Market Nirvana” - what the hell do you think built the internet and the content providers in the first place ? Al Gore ?

NN is the smokescreen put up by the MAJOR providers of video content to keep from paying their fair share for the overwhelming amount of bandwidth they were consuming. Quite frankly, the…

Whoo-hoo !!! Just checked... Yep. Interweb is still working . . . .

Holy shit... the internet is still here . . . .

“The 1970's called . . . they want their foreign policy back . . .”

They’re more likely to die from suicide - because they know how to do it better. “Go with the grain . . .”

“Don’t bother pointing out home intruders only intrude on homes when the occupants aren’t there because duh”

Planned obsolescence = march of technology. Given how fast technology changes, would you feel safe driving a Corvair on the Autobahn ? Batteries degrade over time, the CPU throttling was designed to stop shit from crashing . . . jeez.

Should they have given you the option to control throttling upfront ? It wouldn’t…

Took my iphone in for a new battery - because it was two years old, and $29 was a great price for another 2 years of trouble-free service. The technician broke a contact while replacing it - so they gave me a brand new phone. Don’t know why there are so many haters out there. have never had anything but great…

Wasn’t it considered scientific theory at the time ? Wasn’t it a wild theory to better the human race through elimination of “weak genes” ?

Apparently, they now own the Blink camera-based home security as well.... This is actually getting a bit troubling.

Apparently, they now own the Blink camera-based home security as well.... This is actually getting a bit troubling.