the universal service fund is there to make sure that the same level of service is available everywhere in the US. I currently have 40Mbit cable with 2Mbit upstream.
does everyone else have this? NO. My dad who lives 45 miles away has the same ISP and service, but his is much slower because it runs over copper. Mine is fiber up to the demarc.
and it's in Miami, FL. No podunk midwest here. On the same token, AT&T will soon start offering 100Mbps service. Here, it's actually just an ethernet connection straight to the demarc. The problem is, they want to charge $199 a month for asynchronous service.
That's why the US will never catch up. That's why AT&T is still offering 256Kbps service for $25 a month.
The Japanese service costs that much for 20Mbps lines.
It's easy to see how, at this point, global innovation is being stifled by lack of speed. Netflix could be rolling out HD video on demand right now if customers could handle the bandwidth.
And throughput limits, AKA usage caps, are just plain wrong. US ISPs are just now implementing caps and blocking because they are selling new accounts and aren't improving network capacity and infrastructure. Which is what the universal service fund is supposed to pay for.
Regardless, if apple even tried disabling one iphone 3g, their whole world will come tumbling down.
They can claim all the license restrictions in the world, that doesn't excuse disabling someone's mode of communication. Cell phones could be a lifeline. Disabling due to a so-called license restriction is an actionable offense.
They would be well advised to explain this one appropriately.
This is good news for all of us. These non-compete clauses were meant to protect intellectual property. 9 times out of 10, they end up hurting people who just want to get a new job. An employer made me sign a non-compete agreement to do contract work. It stated that I couldn't poach the customers away.
A lot more sinister clauses have been used in the past to prevent people from working at competing firms.
This also begs the question of who owns the work you do. I believe, unless you specifically sign something to the contrary, you own your work. This also brings up questions of resources and time.
I'm not spending $400 on a player and $2500 to replace my movie collection. I'm certainly not interested in spending $25 per movie. Especially not when delivery of HD content over the Internet is imminent. Netflix will start streaming HD content before I buy a blu-ray player.
The concept of consumerism is really going through a rough time. I don't think it's headed for greener pastures.
Tell me why I should have to buy a movie again, which I've already paid for? Why can't I download a blu-ray rip from torrent? I already have a license to watch the movie any time I want.
the hooker killing and the running down pedestrians and the drug dealing didn't bother anyone, but the one sex scene did?
If I were the judge, I would throw this thing out with yesterday's jam.
If you're choosing to consume offensive media, you can't choose part of it to sue against. It's all supposedly offensive. Don't consume it. Return it.
The point is, it was rated M for mature. No one should be suing for this. This is a moot point. I do believe they disclosed sexual content in the ESRB rating.
I would definitely pay to have fiber drawn at my house.
I think a peering agreement is way easier than using an ISP.
This increases competition and provides infinitely more options to customers.
For instance, I could peer with a large network provider and ask for 100Mbits both way. The price would drop significantly since it's just a simple network connection after that.
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Video does lie now.
Can video ever be trusted again where evidence is concerned?
Just who are they conducting them on?
Is this even legal?
What is to stop them from controlling us all?
T-Mobile is rolling out 3g in the near future.
This is a full-on lie.
The air force in not suspending anything.
the universal service fund is there to make sure that the same level of service is available everywhere in the US. I currently have 40Mbit cable with 2Mbit upstream.
does everyone else have this? NO. My dad who lives 45 miles away has the same ISP and service, but his is much slower because it runs over copper. Mine is fiber up to the demarc.
and it's in Miami, FL. No podunk midwest here. On the same token, AT&T will soon start offering 100Mbps service. Here, it's actually just an ethernet connection straight to the demarc. The problem is, they want to charge $199 a month for asynchronous service.
That's why the US will never catch up. That's why AT&T is still offering 256Kbps service for $25 a month.
The Japanese service costs that much for 20Mbps lines.
It's easy to see how, at this point, global innovation is being stifled by lack of speed. Netflix could be rolling out HD video on demand right now if customers could handle the bandwidth.
And throughput limits, AKA usage caps, are just plain wrong. US ISPs are just now implementing caps and blocking because they are selling new accounts and aren't improving network capacity and infrastructure. Which is what the universal service fund is supposed to pay for.
They have a right to free speech, which this is.
However, google does not have to allow anything on their site.
google is not bound by any free speech doctrine. There are no laws stating they have to host anything.
They can remove whatever they want at their sole discretion.
They simply did this because there are no enemies, only customers.
China is building a sustainable, non-polluting city.
They're doing it specifically for proof of concept.
Our US leaders are so impotent that this could never happen here, despite being a necessity to continued survival of the species.
why is the drawing tablet situated for right-handers?
most artists are left-handed. What a total fuckup.
I don't think the duress excuse will work.
Regardless, if apple even tried disabling one iphone 3g, their whole world will come tumbling down.
They can claim all the license restrictions in the world, that doesn't excuse disabling someone's mode of communication.
Cell phones could be a lifeline. Disabling due to a so-called license restriction is an actionable offense.
They would be well advised to explain this one appropriately.
This is good news for all of us. These non-compete clauses were meant to protect intellectual property. 9 times out of 10, they end up hurting people who just want to get a new job. An employer made me sign a non-compete agreement to do contract work. It stated that I couldn't poach the customers away.
A lot more sinister clauses have been used in the past to prevent people from working at competing firms.
This also begs the question of who owns the work you do. I believe, unless you specifically sign something to the contrary, you own your work. This also brings up questions of resources and time.
This is such a crock.
China doesn't own the broadcast rights to the Olympics. The Olympic Committee does.
I wonder what other compromises the Olympic Committee made in Red China?
Besides, Media Sentry is a joke. They will soon be hacked out of existance.
So, the anti-virus found the hacked wormy software on the memory cards that helped the republicans cheat and disabled access to that card?
seems like something worked as it should.
Buying votes is unethical. Anyone who still wants to vote for McCain, after knowing he's doing this is not a freedom loving American.
Go back to your compound and mix up the koolaid you toothless rednecks.
I'm not buying the white album again.
I'm not spending $400 on a player and $2500 to replace my movie collection. I'm certainly not interested in spending $25 per movie. Especially not when delivery of HD content over the Internet is imminent. Netflix will start streaming HD content before I buy a blu-ray player.
The concept of consumerism is really going through a rough time. I don't think it's headed for greener pastures.
Tell me why I should have to buy a movie again, which I've already paid for? Why can't I download a blu-ray rip from torrent? I already have a license to watch the movie any time I want.
I'm not going to give my money away for this.
so, where do we find out how to write a knockout design doc?
The FBI came and asked. The Librarian agreed.
The law isn't exactly clear in this case.
Was the seizure illegal? Was it even a seizure?
Do you have an expectation of privacy when using public computers?
The FBI certainly didn't violate the law. The librarian may have.
The nforce 6xx series chipsets were a striking failure. They did not work properly.
No motherboard manufacturer can claim 6xx boards with few problems.
wouldn't a license plate be "papers" ?
This sort of thing bothers me. When the government throws out a dragnet, it's an illegal search.
There has to be probable cause.
Why aren't law enforcement already going after criminals with warrants?
Why do they have to search innocent people? It's a violation of the constitution.
Microsoft can re-engineer apache into shit software. That's great. More power to them.
They cannot, however, force people to stop using apache.
No one will use Microsoft's web server which should be called Custer.
the hooker killing and the running down pedestrians and the drug dealing didn't bother anyone, but the one sex scene did?
If I were the judge, I would throw this thing out with yesterday's jam.
If you're choosing to consume offensive media, you can't choose part of it to sue against. It's all supposedly offensive. Don't consume it. Return it.
The point is, it was rated M for mature. No one should be suing for this. This is a moot point. I do believe they disclosed sexual content in the ESRB rating.
I would definitely pay to have fiber drawn at my house.
I think a peering agreement is way easier than using an ISP.
This increases competition and provides infinitely more options to customers.
For instance, I could peer with a large network provider and ask for 100Mbits both way. The price would drop significantly since it's just a simple network connection after that.
true. I used to use usenet all the time back in the day.
It was the only source for information and binaries. Now it's no longer necessary.
Though, I think that google should preserve the archives for posterity and searching.
filming a thuggish cop is the quickest way to get a beat down or arrested. Then they take your camera phone and break it.
Despite their jobs being a matter of public record, they think they are entitled to privacy on the job.
law enforcement is probably most in need of public transparency to protect the public trust.
they put these stupid little images next to search results which have no relation to the result.
my site is a gaming editorial site at the moment, and they put a stupid little picture of some little kids running on the beach next to it.
WTF?
cuil is not.
besides, you have satellites. use satellite internet. They can't charge you for that.