I live in Aurora, smack dab between two large (for Maine) cities. Our TelCo is Union River Telephone, and they provide Internet access through Rivah.NET. Monthly dial-up service is $21, which is what I use. Their monthly DSL rates are $50 (128Kbps Down/64Kbps Up), $70 (256Kbps Down/128Kbps Up), $100 (384Kbps Down/128Kbps Up), $190 (512Kbps Down/256Kbps Up), and a whopping $290 (768Kbps Down/256Kbps Up). There is no cable service at all anywhere out here, and I refuse to pay those rates. Does anyone out there have to contend with worse money-grubbery?
I've submitted many rebates...from a DVD player purchased at Ames in December of 2001 (mailed rebate that week), to a Microsoft keyboard purchased almost six months ago (mailed rebate that week), to my most recent purchase in January, a Viewsonic A90f+ monitor (rebate mailed that week). To date I have yet to see a single check. Oh...and I'm not going to hold my breath.
We all know that statistics can be manipulated to show anything one wants. Here's how to fix the problem:
* Dismantle the RIAA and scatter the fragments to the four corners
* Let Artists decide how to advertise and distribute their creations
I almost couldn't stop laughing at your reply to my reply. You DO make a valid point. Thank you for your good sense of humor. Btw, I am in councelling currently.
~)v(agnus
No, he won't grow up to be a mental case, you God-less plick. LOL He'll simply be a talented, multiligual adult that can speak Klingon. I respect that (...and wish I'd thought of it).
~)v(agnus
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I live in Aurora, smack dab between two large (for Maine) cities. Our TelCo is Union River Telephone, and they provide Internet access through Rivah.NET. Monthly dial-up service is $21, which is what I use. Their monthly DSL rates are $50 (128Kbps Down/64Kbps Up), $70 (256Kbps Down/128Kbps Up), $100 (384Kbps Down/128Kbps Up), $190 (512Kbps Down/256Kbps Up), and a whopping $290 (768Kbps Down/256Kbps Up). There is no cable service at all anywhere out here, and I refuse to pay those rates. Does anyone out there have to contend with worse money-grubbery?
I've submitted many rebates...from a DVD player purchased at Ames in December of 2001 (mailed rebate that week), to a Microsoft keyboard purchased almost six months ago (mailed rebate that week), to my most recent purchase in January, a Viewsonic A90f+ monitor (rebate mailed that week). To date I have yet to see a single check. Oh...and I'm not going to hold my breath.
We all know that statistics can be manipulated to show anything one wants. Here's how to fix the problem: * Dismantle the RIAA and scatter the fragments to the four corners * Let Artists decide how to advertise and distribute their creations
I almost couldn't stop laughing at your reply to my reply. You DO make a valid point. Thank you for your good sense of humor. Btw, I am in councelling currently. ~)v(agnus
No, he won't grow up to be a mental case, you God-less plick. LOL He'll simply be a talented, multiligual adult that can speak Klingon. I respect that (...and wish I'd thought of it). ~)v(agnus
As Media Player 9 cannot be removed once installed I'll have to wait until this fact changes, since I dislike anything that prevents me from choice.