Phone company plans always used to be pay-as-you-go. The development of unlimited use plans arose as a marketing tool to win more customers in competitive markets, and it eventually became a very common option in the consumer market (businesses almost always have pay-as-you-go plans). If this really happens, it won't take a rocket scientist to realize that any ISPs who stick to no-cap unlimited use plans will immediately have a competitive advantage over others (like [...ahem..] Comcast) who are likely to try to milk the new cash cow afforded by such changes.
The problem here is that the majority of ISP's have NO competition in a given area. It's difficult to compare Cellphone providers to internet ISP's such as Comcast and TimeWarner.
Cellphone companies fight for your business because you have a somewhat decent choice of who to go with. Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint etc.
In my area, Comcast has no competition. I can't get anything else, so why would they want to offer a fair deal, when they know they have customers by the balls.
The ISP monopolies is one of the real issues here.
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I wonder how many connections are allowed? It's hard to stay in the kitchen area at work to watch the entire game. Watching it in ascii is better than nothing!
yea i agree with you. it just takes a picture of your window then brings in back into the "flat" world once you double click on it. maybe if it was always refreshing and you were able to click on links and do normal activities it would be a decent program
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Phone company plans always used to be pay-as-you-go. The development of unlimited use plans arose as a marketing tool to win more customers in competitive markets, and it eventually became a very common option in the consumer market (businesses almost always have pay-as-you-go plans). If this really happens, it won't take a rocket scientist to realize that any ISPs who stick to no-cap unlimited use plans will immediately have a competitive advantage over others (like [...ahem..] Comcast) who are likely to try to milk the new cash cow afforded by such changes.
The problem here is that the majority of ISP's have NO competition in a given area. It's difficult to compare Cellphone providers to internet ISP's such as Comcast and TimeWarner. Cellphone companies fight for your business because you have a somewhat decent choice of who to go with. Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint etc. In my area, Comcast has no competition. I can't get anything else, so why would they want to offer a fair deal, when they know they have customers by the balls. The ISP monopolies is one of the real issues here.
I wonder how many connections are allowed? It's hard to stay in the kitchen area at work to watch the entire game. Watching it in ascii is better than nothing!
or to take the heat off Bush for wiretaping. "Oh no, we are in trouble again!" "Quick release something about 9/11 again!"
$750 million isn't enough for them? If I were the bidder I would offer them $750 the next time around.
anyway to get to see him even if you don't go to columbia?
what an awesome picture! does anyone know how long these rovers are supposed to stay operational?
this article really didn't inform much.
i agree. this has been discussed a million times over.
yea i agree with you. it just takes a picture of your window then brings in back into the "flat" world once you double click on it. maybe if it was always refreshing and you were able to click on links and do normal activities it would be a decent program
haha i was thinking the same thing.
i was wondering the same thing.