A Step Closer (Or Not) To Cable ISP Diversity

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A Step Closer (Or Not) To Cable ISP Diversity

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday March 29, 2002 @08:14PM from the or-just-window-dressing dept.

Tom Veil writes: "Yahoo! posted a story saying that AT&T Broadband and Comcast have both made agreements to work with other ISPs in order to allow them to provide service through cable systems. The Earthlink/AT&T deal appears to be set at this point, but they haven't received FCC approval. Don't suppose this means we'll be seeing free NetZero cable, but hopefully competition will kick in and make things more affordable for cheapskates like me." Bear in mind that both companies provide cable Internet service and are seeking regulatory approval for a merger. They have good reason to sidestep suspicions that the result would be a strangling monopoly.

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I got -2 karma by sonicb · 2002-03-29 20:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic

So I might as well (first) post this Happy Fat Easter Bunnies to you all Thank you and good nite
not really interested... by rsfc · 2002-03-29 20:18 · Score: 0, Offtopic

...but looks like FP opportunity! Why the hell not? . . .

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1. Re:not really interested... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 20:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Q: What's worse than getting a FP logged in?
  
  A: Getting owned by some other asshole and looking like a complete idiot (also while logged in).
  
  whoops.
  
  you fucktard.
2. Re:not really interested... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 20:28 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Even worse than that...? getting dumb ass reply from a fucking AC. (first time posting as AC, as i don't usually need to... and i'm drunk as fuck and don't wanna get the -modded down- email in the morning) not that Karma really means much to me anymore... since i grew up.
this itis thop topic ...... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 20:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic

typing in my shit holy cow eferyhing i typeied ustu edeldlted how di d ghthat happen anwyayone one ??????

i mean wseriouslhy > ? i was typing idid id ii typ select al llld dlete shwat what iisaid wisas that .uhm....i na't rmembmemr what i siad...hmmm....slmetohogng about hwat is thet opci tipoill look at hthe dang scorll cbar thing cable isp huh? i don't rmembmer hm........
oh yah fourht post!
1. Re:this itis thop topic ...... by October_30th · 2002-03-29 22:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  You man! Why are you drunk on this glorious day when we commemorate our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who is risen from the dead?!
  Please explain yourself.
  
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welll... this was bound to happen but by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 20:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic

since my post was within the first 100 .. it should be modded up... Thats the rules around here, right..

Okay. so mod me up and get instant karma! I guess... What do I know...

Hey, how about those sixer's ?
1. Re:welll... this was bound to happen but by sonicb · 2002-03-29 20:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Instant Karma John Lennon Instant Karma's gonna get you Gonna knock you right on the head You better get yourself together Pretty soon you're gonna be dead What in the world you thinking of Laughing in the face of love What on earth you tryin' to do It's up to you, yeah you Instant Karma's gonna get you Gonna look you right in the face Better get yourself together darlin' Join the human race How in the world you gonna see Laughin' at fools like me Who in the hell d'you think you are A super star Well, right you are Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Well we all shine on Ev'ryone come on Instant Karma's gonna get you Gonna knock you off your feet Better recognize your brothers Ev'ryone you meet Why in the world are we here Surely not to live in pain and fear Why on earth are you there When you're ev'rywhere Come and get your share Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Yeah we all shine on Come on and on and on on on Yeah yeah, alright, uh huh, ah Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Yeah we all shine on On and on and on on and on Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Well we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun Yeah we all shine on Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Off topic, but in the name of science by Mt._Honkey · 2002-03-29 20:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I'm posting a fresh hotmail address here to see how much spam becomes of it. slashpost@hotmail.com I'll reply to this post with the results in a day or so.

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1. Re:Off topic, but in the name of science by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 21:54 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I have polluted your science project by subscribing your address to several dozen porn lists.
  
  In the name of social science ;)
I am not a nazi. by Elwood+P+Dowd · 2002-03-29 20:43 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Ok, I've never posted to /. complaining about spelling before. In fact, I've modded down people complaining about spelling errors. I could care less. As long as I understand what taco means, it's no problem.

But what the #&%$! did you mean by "stangling," timothy? I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you meant to say "staggering." Upon careful examination of my keyboard, I cannot begin to imagine how you made that particular typo. It involves at least three key misses, all of which you must have typed with the *wrong* *hand*.

Someone please explain this to me. Is "stangling" some new kind of slang word? Am I completely out of the loop? That would make a lot more sense.

Either that, or timothy is even more drunk than I am... Nah.

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1. Re:I am not a nazi. by J'raxis · 2002-03-29 20:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  /ME hands you an R.
  You figure out where to put it. (Hint: it goes after the T, but before the A.)
  
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2. Re:I am not a nazi. by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 20:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  /ME hands you an R.
  You figure out where to put it. (Hint: it goes after the T, but before the A.)
  
  Tits rand ass?
3. Re:I am not a nazi. by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 21:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  *Stangling* is what my penis did to yo' mama's rectum last night. Poor gal, she could hardly walk afterwards, not to mention the mess that resulted after her hemorrhoids burst.
4. Re:I am not a nazi. by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 21:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Of course.
Jizz Straight Up by petrolleum · 2002-03-29 21:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This reminds me of the time I was beating off into a jar of peanut butter. I was thinking about you.
For posterity by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 21:27 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Let the truth be known.
Re:Appearences are deceiving ... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 21:52 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Anyone know how to hack those arescom dsl modems msn gives you?
I Deserve Love [weiss] by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 21:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Nobody loves me, it's true.
It's so saddening.
Please help me to find my love (and she should be a girl).
Thank you.

Btw: Lunar82, you're so funny! I love you! Drop me a line here.
1. Re:I Deserve Love [weiss] by October_30th · 2002-03-29 22:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  I made other friends... But I still get that horrible feeling inside. It'll come over me like an avalanche, a sudden crushing depression that makes me totally silent and alone. Perhaps its clinical depression. I really don't want want to find out.
  It's like... everything feels alone. Your heart, your mind, your soul. I need someone to hold onto, someone I can be with in a crowd or alone, and just touch and give pleasure to because I love her. I want a woman to sleep with me because she cares for me, not because she pities me. I gave up looking at the flesh long ago, and have found so many special people. Why can't someone do the same for me? Just for a while in my life... not forever. I don't need marriage, I don't want (and probably can't have) children. Just love and caring because of who I am. But the meat gets in the way. I'm too fat, I'm too ugly, I'm too loud. I resemble more a troll than a man. Self-loathing is a horrible thing all right. And there's a lot of guilt along with it, because I know, I KNOW GOD DAMN IT, that there are so many that have it worse... The Elephant Man and his wishes to be human, the other freaks over the centuries... I feel ashamed of my own self-pity.
  
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2. Re:I Deserve Love [weiss] by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 22:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Question...Have you been asshumped today?
3. Re:I Deserve Love [weiss] by October_30th · 2002-03-29 22:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  No but I looked at sky through smoke heavy with human fat and God was not there. The cold, suffocating dark goes on forever, and we are alone... Live our lives lacking anything better to do. Devise reasons later. Born from oblivion, bear children, hellbound as ourselves, go into oblivion. There's nothing else.
  Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose. This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It's not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It's us. Only us.
  Streets stank of fire. The void breathed hard on my heart, turning its illusions to ice, shattering them. Was reborn then, free to scrawl my own design on this morally blank world.
  Does that answer your questions doctor?
  
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4. Re:I Deserve Love [weiss] by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 23:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  What do you mean in "made other friends"?
  
  Anyway, I want a girl to live me not out of pity, either, but I'm proud of my self pity. Only in slahsdot you can write junk like that and not feel like a freak, because you have the entire troll community that does much worse things.
  
  - NaveWeiss
testing by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 22:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic

blah blah blah
Only idiots fall in love by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 22:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Because they don't know that all that you need to fall in love is dopamin, nor-adrenalin and phenylaethylamin. Some day we'll be able to get a fix from the local drug store -- unless the governments declare War on Love in the same way they've done with other drugs.
Then some endorphines and oxytocin to keep it up. Testosterone will keep the female sexually receptive.
So what happens is that the male sees a female capable of bearing children, and tries to do all sorts of tricks to sneak his twanger up inside her. They fall in love, and nature is now providing them with around 7 months to procreate. After this the feeling disappers or changes. These 7 months infatuations are, among other things, called "May-December Romances". When the infatuation wears off, they might split, or turn it into "love".
If the male stays, he'll probably also get "The 7-year Itch". The kids are old enough for him to leave, everything has become routine, and he still has more sperm to squeeze out inside females.
There. You've learned two new words again. Then it might also interest you that women are attracted to men with high status that can offer them security and provide. So, nerds with no money and status and nasty thoughts are not going to procreate. A woman wants a Man.
Likewise, females that do not look healthy in body and spirit are less likely to get the partner of their dreams.
It's all fair in a weird sort of way.
Re:test 2 by Carp+Flounderson · 2002-03-29 23:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Damn boy!!!! I'll donate oral sex if you can make that post about 100 times wider!

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Re:test 2 by Carp+Flounderson · 2002-03-29 23:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic

It looks like it MAY have something to do with the fucked up slash code that adds a space after each line of text in the comment edit box... I'm playing with it now too. ;) What mode are you in? html? extrans?

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Re:Only idiots fall in love - UNTRUE! [weiss] by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 23:22 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hi, it's me again! (NaveWeiss, used to be Trey Parker..)

Anyway... I don't believe that thingie, in the name of gawd!!!

Humans are not powered by hormones alone. We don't have heat periods (maybe some of us do, but it's not controlled by months).

So.. love me.

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You suck! [nvws] by Anonymous Coward · 2002-03-29 23:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Why you insensitive twerp! Someone shows us the content of his heart and that's how you support him? I'm ashamed of you.

Btw: I am looking for a girlfriend.

Authentic posting by NaveWeiss