The telco's and cable companies have bought your souls! You want fast Internet service "CHEAP", and you got it...they have been selling their service below their cost to get you hooked and if the present trend continues broadband will be the only choice left since local ISP's haven't been able to get in the game of losing money hand over foot to provide fast access.
In time local providers will all be gone, the big guns will bring on the rate increases and all of you will cry like babies because you won't be able to afford their outrageous prices. If you were smart you would push for legislation to make sure your local ISP could get a fair shake and make the cable companies open up their networks to competitors. When it gets down to about the last five providers all of us will pay their price or get off the Net. When independent providers are gone I predict 90 bucks a month for access, 350 bucks a month for web hosting and a river of tears from the crybabies!
Just a few years ago we were paying through the nose for long distance, but you guys don't remember those days, the Net had a major influence in reducing long distance rates since email and chat were free people cut their long distance use to the bone.
The cable companies must have the world record for rate increases. In my area we saw an eleven percent increase last year in cable TV fees. Just a few years ago cable TV was commercial free since we paid for the service, now there are eleven commercials in a 30 minute show and we pay to watch them.
Keep supporting the monopolies guys, they are your friends.
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Ultimately these new regulations will increase costs to local ISP's phone bills and will have to be passed along to the consumer. Switching to cable modems for fast access will help eliminate the local ISP's as well. When our only choice is cable or DSL from the local telco the rates will go through the roof. Local ISP's have always held the cost of Internet access down and when the competition is gone I expect to see a bill for monthly data transfer which would eliminate Net access for most of us! Start thinking about microwave horns, 256K and no wires or modems. You will still be able to choose your ISP which will keep competition alive and your flat rate access will continue.
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The telco's and cable companies have bought your souls! You want fast Internet service "CHEAP", and you got it...they have been selling their service below their cost to get you hooked and if the present trend continues broadband will be the only choice left since local ISP's haven't been able to get in the game of losing money hand over foot to provide fast access.
In time local providers will all be gone, the big guns will bring on the rate increases and all of you will cry like babies because you won't be able to afford their outrageous prices. If you were smart you would push for legislation to make sure your local ISP could get a fair shake and make the cable companies open up their networks to competitors. When it gets down to about the last five providers all of us will pay their price or get off the Net. When independent providers are gone I predict 90 bucks a month for access, 350 bucks a month for web hosting and a river of tears from the crybabies!
Just a few years ago we were paying through the nose for long distance, but you guys don't remember those days, the Net had a major influence in reducing long distance rates since email and chat were free people cut their long distance use to the bone.
The cable companies must have the world record for rate increases. In my area we saw an eleven percent increase last year in cable TV fees. Just a few years ago cable TV was commercial free since we paid for the service, now there are eleven commercials in a 30 minute show and we pay to watch them.
Keep supporting the monopolies guys, they are your friends.
Traditional search engines don't work for many reasons. First of all they can't keep up with the staggering expansion of the web. Second, they seem to be more interested in ad revenue than performing a service. I for one am sick of banners and ani gifs, so I did smomething about it and designed a business card engine using Linux, php and mysql that is user supported and cheap! Now I need the support of the Linux community to help kick it off and provide meaningful feedback/comments. www.cards411.com
Ultimately these new regulations will increase costs to local ISP's phone bills and will have to be passed along to the consumer. Switching to cable modems for fast access will help eliminate the local ISP's as well. When our only choice is cable or DSL from the local telco the rates will go through the roof. Local ISP's have always held the cost of Internet access down and when the competition is gone I expect to see a bill for monthly data transfer which would eliminate Net access for most of us! Start thinking about microwave horns, 256K and no wires or modems. You will still be able to choose your ISP which will keep competition alive and your flat rate access will continue.