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Demand More From Your Copper
D3 wrote in with a submission about fiber to the home, or the lack of it, and the reasons behind this, and ways to work around the Bells to provide high-speed access despite them. A pretty decent article, which actually goes beyond the Baby Bell PR-speak that deregulation is the solution to everything. Maybe at some point state and Federal regulators will realize that the Bells are the problem, not the solution.
"Maybe at some point state and Federal regulators will realize that the Bells are the problem, not the solution."
Regulator: You know, the Bells might actually be the problem, it is in their best interest to make money after all. Maybe we should...ooo...lookit all that money! Thank you kind, sir!
are you kidding? The phone system could be used to copy music.
DRM phones
I just want to be able to tell if the 1-900 girl is having an orgasm or an asthma attack.
Sound quality of phones suck ass.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Of course we want it, if everyone had fiber think of the speed at which viruses would spread through Microsoft OSes...
Thanks for these intriguing comments Mr. Gates:)
Worst. Sig. Ever.
More justification why "The Phone Company" is at the top of my poop list.... If I ever lose my marbles and go Fight-Club-Tyler-Durden loonie, the phone companies are easily the first on my list of things to be eliminated. They go before the credit card companies, before the RIAA, before the SPAMMERS!
They peddle more (in volume AND quality) self-intoxicating raw sewage in the name of justifying their back-assed ridiculous business practices than all the other annoying people in the world combined. Anybody that's ever tried to decipher a phone bill knows what I'm talking about - FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! HAVE YOU SEEN TODAY'S DITHERATI?!?!
~~shudder~~
*DING*
Oh, time for my little blue pill again...
Anyway, the only reason we have to put up with these bastards is because we can't live without their stupid service and running new cables to every address in America would be prohibitively expensive. Just brainstorming here, but let's say wireless networking doesn't pan out as a alternative to replace copper and/or fiber for last-mile cable across-the-board. What would happen if congress authorized the FCC (eminent domain in the public interest) to forcibly take control of the copper from the phone companies? They do it with dirt where I live when they say, "We need to expand the airport next to your home. Here's fair market value for your house, now go away."
Sure, I got my doubts, (for one you have to assume the government can maintain that infrastructure better than the private sector) but at least the local telcos' exclusive position of control would be eliminated.
Them's a lot of hassles. Me? I'm pulling for wireless.
"Lawyers are for sucks."
- Doug McKenzie
then finally, everyone - plebs and lusers alike - will understand what the internet is all about.
fast, streaming porn, on a 24/7 connection. yee-haw.
The wise follow a damned path, for to know is to be forsaken.
So try to convince them you don't have a phone. Trust me, it's pretty funny if you can play it straight.
Random companies asking for your phone number are pretty incredulous when you tell them you don't have a phone, but when it's the phone company and they're the ones calling you, they get really confused.
High-speed Road Trip (18.000KPH)
Waa waa waa. You sound just like my boss.
I suppose that when I get there you'll want me to actaully _do_ work, too...
Yep, that's what I thought...
Who cares if she is really having an orgasm? I just want to be sure its not a fricking guy on the other end of the phone.
No wife sorry.. But I do have 52 different time share girlfriends.. Different girl every week!
The maintenance fees sure do add up though..