What is it about DSL and wireless companies?
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DSL (which I use at home) seems like a really good service, especially given that my cable company doesn't offer cable modem yet. But, of course, I'm a geek and I love having plenty of bandwidth and high transfer speeds. The average Joe still doesn't base his life around his PC, so selling Joe on a high-speed connection is still incredibly difficult. Throw in competition from established names like all of the "Baby Bells" and it becomes evident that each and every independent DSL provider is fighting what appears to be a losing battle.
Wireless almost seems like it's going to be the same way. For the most part, it seems, wireless networking and 'net access is too expensive for the mid-to-small businesses and not useful enough to justify the cost for large businesses.
But, back to the plight of the DSL companies...can these companies ever formulate a business plan that actually works and makes money? Are there independent (non-phone company) DSL providers that are making a profit?
Call me a cynic, but I find it hard to believe a liar when they apologize.
It's a shame that people give any credit at all to people who are caught in a lie. After all, the apology isn't for the lie. The apology is for getting caught. If the apology was for the lie, it would have been issued long before it was common knowledge that a falsehood existed.
Not to seem argumentative (because for the most part, I agree with you), but you don't need technical savvy to understand privacy violations.
Your average human being understands what it means to have your every move watched. Your average human being (at least, the ones who were raised in the United States) also have a problem with being needlessly watched. Even with all the grief we tend to give federal judges, they are people as well and I'm sure they want the same basic rights as any one else, privacy being one of them.
This stuff is just common sense. Understanding what the caveats are in an anti-trust case when you've got lawyers and experts throwing legal and technobabble at you...now that takes a special kind of judge.
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DSL (which I use at home) seems like a really good service, especially given that my cable company doesn't offer cable modem yet. But, of course, I'm a geek and I love having plenty of bandwidth and high transfer speeds. The average Joe still doesn't base his life around his PC, so selling Joe on a high-speed connection is still incredibly difficult. Throw in competition from established names like all of the "Baby Bells" and it becomes evident that each and every independent DSL provider is fighting what appears to be a losing battle.
Wireless almost seems like it's going to be the same way. For the most part, it seems, wireless networking and 'net access is too expensive for the mid-to-small businesses and not useful enough to justify the cost for large businesses.
But, back to the plight of the DSL companies...can these companies ever formulate a business plan that actually works and makes money? Are there independent (non-phone company) DSL providers that are making a profit?
Call me a cynic, but I find it hard to believe a liar when they apologize.
It's a shame that people give any credit at all to people who are caught in a lie. After all, the apology isn't for the lie. The apology is for getting caught. If the apology was for the lie, it would have been issued long before it was common knowledge that a falsehood existed.
Feh...
Not to seem argumentative (because for the most part, I agree with you), but you don't need technical savvy to understand privacy violations. Your average human being understands what it means to have your every move watched. Your average human being (at least, the ones who were raised in the United States) also have a problem with being needlessly watched. Even with all the grief we tend to give federal judges, they are people as well and I'm sure they want the same basic rights as any one else, privacy being one of them. This stuff is just common sense. Understanding what the caveats are in an anti-trust case when you've got lawyers and experts throwing legal and technobabble at you...now that takes a special kind of judge.