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Tauzin-Dingell Up for Vote Soon

Posted by michael on from the congress-is-in-town dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "Just received this letter from my ISP, one of the oldest in existence. A study here lays out the basics on the bill and why it's a bad idea. The bill retracts the telecommunications act of '96 which forces the phone giants to share the nation's phone lines (which are in public trust). Looks like it's time to write those pesky congressmen again." Too late to write. Call. Tauzin-Dingell, up for vote on Wednesday, would eliminate all the requirements on the four remaining Baby Bells to play fair with competing telecom providers. "Sure Covad, you can co-locate your DSL equipment in our switching offices - our deregulated rate is only $10,000/day/piece of equipment." It's instant death for all DSL providers except Verizon, SBC, Qwest and BellSouth.

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  1. Re:Let's be serious by istartedi · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm not sure how we as Americans can even sleep at night when we have someone with the sophistication of a 4th grader running our country (Duuuhhh-bya [yahoo.com]).

    The link is to a picture of GWB stumbling. Mr. Krout, you are one impressive man! I have never had the good fortune to correspond with someone who has not stumbled, tripped, or fallen since the 4th grade. Either that, or you are just another hypocritical Bush-basher. Please don't tell me that. We all need heroes, and from this point on you are my hero: THE MAN WHO NEVER STUMBLES. Have you talked with any of the major comics publishers yet?

    I can just think of all kinds of great adventures: EK dukes it out with bad guys on the high steel, EK walks into the breakers to rescue a child who went too far, EK gets pulled over with 1.8 BAC and gets off scott free on the dexterity test, EK speaks to all the Chinese who are lucky enough to understand English and who happened to tune in at the right time so they could explain to the others that "some stuff is missing". I'm sure you can think of many more stories for the...

    AMAZING ADVENTURES OF ERIC KROUT
    The man who never stumbles

    --
    For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
  2. Re:Frosty Piss by the+time+you+read+th · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thank you for spending a mod point on me.

    Would you like to spend another?

  3. All will die!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    All will die! Dieeeee!!!!!

  4. Michael is a censoring bastard! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck you,
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    Self-serving
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    --The 'Fuck Michael' Troll!

  5. Republicans are the party of CHRIST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Are you more interested in the state of your eternal soul than you are in your ability to get "D.S.L" access in the Earthbound plane? You should be.

    Vote Christ. Vote Republican.

  6. Slamming? Open Market? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Speaking of which, I make $285,000 per year, drive a turbo 911, live in a loft in Manhattan, have a kickass B&O stereo with JBL S412p's and N35 surrounds with a Samsung flat screen TV in the main room and a Runco DLP projector in my bedroom for one on one after-parties with sluts and models. How does being a consumer suck, again?