Rochester has Frontier (instead of Verizon). From what I hear, they were a great telephone company back in the day; they were never part of Ma Bell. Originally they were Rochester Telephone Company and then renamed to Frontier.
Then in 1999 they were acquired by Global Crossing for their fiber and then sold to Citizens Communication, which renamed itself Frontier Communications. Once part of national corporations, service and local interest went down the toilet.
1Mbps/256Kbps for $40 from Clearwire. 3Mbps/512Kbps for $55 from Time Warner.
The telephone company offers DSL at similar speeds and price to Time Warner, but I have had only unpleasant dealings with them in the past, and have heard* that they used to "accidentally" disconnect the CLECs until they all stopped offering competing services.
* off-the-record comments from people who dealt closely with CLECs. I do not know if it is true or not.
Why can't I get anything better than 768K up? A few times I have asked and they responded with an angry "Why? Are you doing a lot of file sharing?". I tried to explain that I back up my data to a VPS and I work from home and push a lot of data through a VPN, but I got the impression that they think anybody who wants a good upload speed is a pirate.
I get 3Mbps for $55. 6 months ago I got 3Mbps for $50 12 months ago I got 3Mbps for $45 5 years ago I got 3Mbps for $40. 7 years ago I got 3Mbps for $35.
You seem to be under the misconception that the FCC regulates to ration a finite resource and not to impose morals, push political agendas, perpetuate bureaucracy, and appease campaign donors.
Yes, the leaders have the power, because they have the biggest guns. The government does not have the authority. If the leaders declare martial law, they have taken over the government to attack the people. If we give the government the authority, it can be done legitimately.
If the leaders want to attack the people, we should keep it perfectly clear that the leaders have overthrown the government and it is civil war, not government policing.
It doesn't matter. If I am going to type in important information, I backspace out the scheme and url and type in what I know it should be. Everybody else should too.
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I had never tried Hulu before. I just watched Rocky and Bullwinkle with this new plugin on amd64.
Rochester has Frontier (instead of Verizon). From what I hear, they were a great telephone company back in the day; they were never part of Ma Bell. Originally they were Rochester Telephone Company and then renamed to Frontier.
Then in 1999 they were acquired by Global Crossing for their fiber and then sold to Citizens Communication, which renamed itself Frontier Communications. Once part of national corporations, service and local interest went down the toilet.
$40 is the 6 months introductory price, after that it goes up to $55 per month.
They say I will get "up to 10 Mbps" and I never get more than 3Mbps, which is "up to 10".
Rochester, NY
My options are:
1Mbps/256Kbps for $40 from Clearwire.
3Mbps/512Kbps for $55 from Time Warner.
The telephone company offers DSL at similar speeds and price to Time Warner, but I have had only unpleasant dealings with them in the past, and have heard* that they used to "accidentally" disconnect the CLECs until they all stopped offering competing services.
* off-the-record comments from people who dealt closely with CLECs. I do not know if it is true or not.
Why can't I get anything better than 768K up? A few times I have asked and they responded with an angry "Why? Are you doing a lot of file sharing?". I tried to explain that I back up my data to a VPS and I work from home and push a lot of data through a VPN, but I got the impression that they think anybody who wants a good upload speed is a pirate.
Lucky.
I get 3Mbps for $55.
6 months ago I got 3Mbps for $50
12 months ago I got 3Mbps for $45
5 years ago I got 3Mbps for $40.
7 years ago I got 3Mbps for $35.
What the fuck Time Warner?
archive.org, google cache.
You seem to be under the misconception that the FCC regulates to ration a finite resource and not to impose morals, push political agendas, perpetuate bureaucracy, and appease campaign donors.
All the more reason to theme your window manager - it makes this stuff obvious.
People get away with murder because nobody knows [for sure] that they did it.
We know exactly which politicians vote for terrible laws.
Wait, I had a choice not to be a citizen?
Yes, the leaders have the power, because they have the biggest guns. The government does not have the authority. If the leaders declare martial law, they have taken over the government to attack the people. If we give the government the authority, it can be done legitimately.
If the leaders want to attack the people, we should keep it perfectly clear that the leaders have overthrown the government and it is civil war, not government policing.
The word "patent" can be a transitive verb.
I am going to patent sucking at grammar. I will make a lot more money than you.
Brand loyalty does not really play into feminine hygiene products, because as soon as a woman finds a product she likes, they discontinue it.
Unfortunately, copying prod to test does not copy the users, which are often an integral part of the error.
And the National Association of Colorblind Nurses will sue.
There are not enough very poor and very wealthy people in this country to be the liberal's base.
Are not blue-collar, working class, middle-americans also the liberal's main voter base?
JavaFX
I doubt that my boys, Adolf Hilter and Benito Mussolini, are on any no-fly list.
Too many people think Port Address Translation is NAT.
Sorry for not diligently reading every single story ./ publishes.
s/If you read the news/If you watch advertisements and infotainment/
It doesn't matter. If I am going to type in important information, I backspace out the scheme and url and type in what I know it should be. Everybody else should too.
Your problem is not that it is bad. Netscape 4 was just as bad. Your problem is that it is still widely used.