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Baby Bells Promise Broadband Stagnation

twitter writes "According to this NYT article the Baby Bells will not be developing their 'high-speed networks' despite their recently granted DSL monopoly because they were not granted local phone monopolies. 'Here is a lot of crying crybaby reaction to the decision.' says Mr. Powell."

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  1. yet another reason.. by frenetic3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    to love verizon.

    "hey, my dsl line went down two weeks ago. i opened up seventeen trouble tickets, and they were each mysteriously closed, but here's the number of the most recent --"
    "would you like a new cell phone?"
    "no, the ticket number is 131-"
    "400 anytime minutes! nationwide long distance!"
    "--055. er, you guys said --"
    "oh, like call waiting?"
    "-- that you'd send someone out yest --"
    "i can add call waiting from here, sir!"
    "-- erday to -- er, no --"
    "ok, your line is activated for call waiting!"
    "um, this is a data line. i have a --"
    "the surcharge will be added to your monthly bill. and i'll go ahead and close up that trouble ticket for you. Thanks for using Verizon!"
    *gunshot*

    -fren

    --
    "Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?"