"Either way the pricing is horid. I buy transit all the time and 10gb Ethernet is down under 30 a mbs from the most expensive tier 1's."
For the small ISPs that use dsl that's not even for Internet traffic, they have their own peering arrangements. Bell will charge this to get the traffic from the customer to them.
This usage billing is not for the internet, it is for the transit on Bell's network. Most of the small isp do not use bell for the internet connectivity, just for the connection from the cutomer house to their equipemment. Then they buy internet connectivity from someone else.
no there not, they are regulated, because the government gave them a phone monopoly for years and they still have the monopoly on the copper to you house.
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"Either way the pricing is horid. I buy transit all the time and 10gb Ethernet is down under 30 a mbs from the most expensive tier 1's."
For the small ISPs that use dsl that's not even for Internet traffic, they have their own peering arrangements. Bell will charge this to get the traffic from the customer to them.
you have a time machine I can rent?
This usage billing is not for the internet, it is for the transit on Bell's network. Most of the small isp do not use bell for the internet connectivity, just for the connection from the cutomer house to their equipemment. Then they buy internet connectivity from someone else.
no there not, they are regulated, because the government gave them a phone monopoly for years and they still have the monopoly on the copper to you house.
My cats hate me when I'm vacuuming akshually.
Make them watch tv, that will teach them.
Q: "how many hours does the average American watch TV a day? "
A: "According to the A.C. Nielsen Co., the average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day"
They should be locked up for that.
new furniture?
and the bulk of that is funded by the private sector tax returns on R&D
well y2k arrived just a the predicted time ...
This was deliberate misinformation by the US government, to justify defense spending, wars and a bunch of other stuff. And also, to scare people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Librorum_Prohibitorum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades
There was no TV when this particular religion could do that kind of stuff.
Believe me, if they still could they still would.
Of course he would be anti-stoning when he's the one about to be stoned.
I wouldn't, everybody must get stoned!
Being absolutely non religious an a devout atheist (sic), I cannot sin.
If any of you Christians want to get a good old stoning going, give me a call.
I'll gladly throw the first stone, for a fee.
lol, a religion that follows the old testament, how ludicrous!
duh.
Your right. But most religions at one point did advocate killing people. but not indiscriminately, The victims had to be of a different faith.
with that logic there would be no cops left in a month. :)
Don't ask me, I have no self-moderation.
Where can I get free samples of this new product?
Thank you for you insight.
Where can I buy your awesome game?
I'm not a native English speaker, and yet most of the time, when I'm careful, I write better than a lot of the natives speakers.
Q: How do you call someone who speaks three languages?
A: Trilingual
Q: How do you call someone who speaks two languages?
A: Bilingual
Q:How do you call someone who Sseaks one languages?
A: Anglophone.
-10 gross , i new i should not have clicked this link....
"If you want the message to be heard, you need a proper messenger."
If you speak to close-minded people, yes you do.
If people listened to Richard Stallman the would have seen this coming.
nice one.