unfortunatly the FCC does not go by your book when determining monopolistic practices. If you read the Telecommunications act of 1984 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_System_Divestitu re
you would see what the determination of a monopoly is
Is this enough for you. All you have to do is a little research into it. Yes they all might not be as big as at&t or verizon, but they still provide service.
.. 2 weeks ago SBC mentioned they would intentionally cripple the internet with 1000 ping times and allow only 3 or 4 sites that would run regularly. The user would have the option to pay extra money for each site they want to run optimally.
and where did you hear this BS. SBC is no longer even a company. It is now at&t(formerly AT&T and SBC)If you are going to try to spread crap about a company then at least cite some sources.
SBC is fucking evil. They are the worst and most vehemently opposed to any regulation at all. They are the ones who refused to light up DSL routers until state legislators deregulated them. Then afterwards they raised the rates of competing ISP and totally undercut everyone out of business. Now they are becoming a monopoly as more and more smaller ISP's go out of business.
If I were a telecommunication in this day and age and had the regulations put on me i would oppose it to.#1 they are still regulated, and they only thing they said they would do is stall development of Project Lightspeed (Fiber to premises), if they could not get some regulation removed, this is purely from business standpoint. Right now they still have to keep their rates at a stand still due to more regulation as part of the deal to acquire AT&T. Learn what you are talking about before you open your trap
I admit to being a bit too young to remember the original, but maybe it's time for another breakup similar to the original Bell? Seems the current ones have gotten a bit too monopolistic, IMHO...
Actually they are not monopolistic at all, they are trying to get away with what they can to make as much money as possible, and seeing what the consumer, business and governmental breaking lines are. You don't like the way at&t (formerly AT&T and SBC) is doing things, most people have the choice to move to Verizon, Comcast, voip and other such things. DO you realize in 98% of major cities there are at least 3 types of telecommunications available. Look up Telecommunications in your local phone book, here in Sacramento there are over 6 pages of providers for service lines. Sure you are probably going to pay more with another company, but hey its competition.
As far as them making their own top end web, i do not agree with that. It will cause way to many probelms, and people whom are stuck in contracts will be the ones who pay.(contracts: Advertising contracts or DSL contracts) Me personally, I can't wait for the day to get Video over IP, so I don't have to go with Comcast(due to insurance liability, i would have to carry so much insurance where i live to be able to get satellite, and its not worth it)
Please do not put SBC(Now at&t(yes the companies name is now supposed to be in all lowercase-New branding thing)) in the same usage as Bellsouth..The only thing we somewhat share is a cellphone network(Cingular)
i completely agree with your second topic, i also think that there should be no campaign contributions, rather money is set aside by the federal government and once you spend that oh well. That way politicians cant egt bought off.. In my opinion also there should be no piggybacking of bills at all... Let the reps earn thier money by working and looking over every bill and addition. This is my ideal
Well said and i guess we are of different minds, I just find it funny that someone exoressing thier opinion is considered flamebait. And there are other candidates besides the major 2 parties. I have heard many people sayign they will not vote for them because they will never win.
While yes you do have the right to free speech, this does not say free speech under anonymity. I never said I agreed with the way terrorism is handled, but too many people don't like to take the flak for their actions, hence some of the posts above about not wanting other people to know their views. In my opinion, the consumer should be protected(by not having their information put on whois), but instead should be the providers information put there. I believe that everyone should have to use their true and correct information, it should not be able to be accessed as easy as it is. If law enforcement wants to find the information with a lawful(not in today's "Patriot Act" times) warrant then they should.
It is times like this everyone complains about their freedoms being removed, but how many people on Slashdot actually vote? How many write to their representatives to tell them their opinions? How many are willing to stand at a protest rally about things like the patriot act? Most people want all the benefits but none of the work. And my original post was not flame bait, it was criticizing someone's comment and the way it was stated. Me personally I do not agree with the way the government is handling "The War on Terrorism", so that's why I do something about it.
You would rather let the terrorist win then give away your privacy huh..Well you will have plenty of privacy in that casket when they send contaminants in the water, small tactical nukes in the airport and so on and so forth. I myself think this government is doing a piss poor job, but I don't think complete anonymity is the way to go.
Actually they can ban you for stating your opinion. You are not protected by the constitution on this or any other website, due to these being private. The moderators can you ban you and not allow you to use thier services because they do not agree with your ideas. That is the great thing about it. I have had to administer many forums, and thank god i could ban anyone that needed to be
Ok you have reworded your first statement to get yourself out of your hole. While i agree that this is costly, and they have both readers and writers for blu-ray, the fact is still that you were wrong. ADMIT IT!Even read your first post..there was no point there..it wasnt until your 3rd comment that you even tried to bring about a point.
"Hell, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD don't even have writers yet.
Until they do, the storage capacity is completely irrelevant. Otherwise, how is it useful to the counsumer?"
I think a lot of us would have to disagree with you. I very much disfavor Bush, and am content(not necessarily ecstatic) with windows. Yes there is Linux out there, and yes there is MAC, but i believe for my needs windows is right for me.
Funny within 1 minute i was able to find this... http://www.blu-ray.com/faq/#1.11...as you see from thier own FAQ it says they are availible in japan and several companys have them for sale (that are not prototype models..All that in less then 1 minute..
2 companies worse...Dell and Gateway i have seen way more of these get thrown down the toilet then i ever had of vaios. My preference are IBM and Alienware
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unfortunatly the FCC does not go by your book when determining monopolistic practices. If you read the Telecommunications act of 1984u re
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_System_Divestit
you would see what the determination of a monopoly is
Let me say this first for everyone that does not no. SBC and AT&T have merged and the name of the new company is at&t(in all lowercase specifically) with the stock ticker of T. Bell South is not the same as at&t , the only thing they share in common is cingular wireless(which the new at&t holds 60% of) It does not matter if mom and pops are provided by SBC, It is still competition, plain and simple. This is per the FCC guidelines of competition.s p?q=telecommunications&rType=headingtext&id=3&p=1& v=3&t=0&st=MO&s=2&ci=Saint+Louis&_requestid=411501 0
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In St Louis see this link for telecommunication providers
http://yellowpages.com/sp/yellowpages/ypresults.j
and this for Broadband providers
http://yellowpages.com/sp/yellowpages/ypresults.j
In Maryland for telecommunications
http://yellowpages.com/sp/yellowpages/ypresults.j
and Broadband
http://yellowpages.com/sp/yellowpages/ypresults.j
Is this enough for you. All you have to do is a little research into it. Yes they all might not be as big as at&t or verizon, but they still provide service.
.. 2 weeks ago SBC mentioned they would intentionally cripple the internet with 1000 ping times and allow only 3 or 4 sites that would run regularly. The user would have the option to pay extra money for each site they want to run optimally. and where did you hear this BS. SBC is no longer even a company. It is now at&t(formerly AT&T and SBC)If you are going to try to spread crap about a company then at least cite some sources. SBC is fucking evil. They are the worst and most vehemently opposed to any regulation at all. They are the ones who refused to light up DSL routers until state legislators deregulated them. Then afterwards they raised the rates of competing ISP and totally undercut everyone out of business. Now they are becoming a monopoly as more and more smaller ISP's go out of business. If I were a telecommunication in this day and age and had the regulations put on me i would oppose it to.#1 they are still regulated, and they only thing they said they would do is stall development of Project Lightspeed (Fiber to premises), if they could not get some regulation removed, this is purely from business standpoint. Right now they still have to keep their rates at a stand still due to more regulation as part of the deal to acquire AT&T. Learn what you are talking about before you open your trap
I admit to being a bit too young to remember the original, but maybe it's time for another breakup similar to the original Bell? Seems the current ones have gotten a bit too monopolistic, IMHO...
Actually they are not monopolistic at all, they are trying to get away with what they can to make as much money as possible, and seeing what the consumer, business and governmental breaking lines are. You don't like the way at&t (formerly AT&T and SBC) is doing things, most people have the choice to move to Verizon, Comcast, voip and other such things. DO you realize in 98% of major cities there are at least 3 types of telecommunications available. Look up Telecommunications in your local phone book, here in Sacramento there are over 6 pages of providers for service lines. Sure you are probably going to pay more with another company, but hey its competition.
As far as them making their own top end web, i do not agree with that. It will cause way to many probelms, and people whom are stuck in contracts will be the ones who pay.(contracts: Advertising contracts or DSL contracts) Me personally, I can't wait for the day to get Video over IP, so I don't have to go with Comcast(due to insurance liability, i would have to carry so much insurance where i live to be able to get satellite, and its not worth it)
Please show proof of this..No where does it state that
Please do not put SBC(Now at&t(yes the companies name is now supposed to be in all lowercase-New branding thing)) in the same usage as Bellsouth..The only thing we somewhat share is a cellphone network(Cingular)
i completely agree with your second topic, i also think that there should be no campaign contributions, rather money is set aside by the federal government and once you spend that oh well. That way politicians cant egt bought off.. In my opinion also there should be no piggybacking of bills at all... Let the reps earn thier money by working and looking over every bill and addition. This is my ideal
Well said and i guess we are of different minds, I just find it funny that someone exoressing thier opinion is considered flamebait. And there are other candidates besides the major 2 parties. I have heard many people sayign they will not vote for them because they will never win.
While yes you do have the right to free speech, this does not say free speech under anonymity. I never said I agreed with the way terrorism is handled, but too many people don't like to take the flak for their actions, hence some of the posts above about not wanting other people to know their views. In my opinion, the consumer should be protected(by not having their information put on whois), but instead should be the providers information put there. I believe that everyone should have to use their true and correct information, it should not be able to be accessed as easy as it is. If law enforcement wants to find the information with a lawful(not in today's "Patriot Act" times) warrant then they should.
It is times like this everyone complains about their freedoms being removed, but how many people on Slashdot actually vote? How many write to their representatives to tell them their opinions? How many are willing to stand at a protest rally about things like the patriot act? Most people want all the benefits but none of the work. And my original post was not flame bait, it was criticizing someone's comment and the way it was stated. Me personally I do not agree with the way the government is handling "The War on Terrorism", so that's why I do something about it.
You would rather let the terrorist win then give away your privacy huh..Well you will have plenty of privacy in that casket when they send contaminants in the water, small tactical nukes in the airport and so on and so forth. I myself think this government is doing a piss poor job, but I don't think complete anonymity is the way to go.
I cant tell if you are being ignorant or just plain idiotic
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! !! The Humanity!
Actually they can ban you for stating your opinion. You are not protected by the constitution on this or any other website, due to these being private. The moderators can you ban you and not allow you to use thier services because they do not agree with your ideas. That is the great thing about it. I have had to administer many forums, and thank god i could ban anyone that needed to be
If you cant use common English and proper spelling then don't try!
Ok please, please, please, either use a word document program or learn to spell..there are more typos there then I have ever seen in one post.
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Ok you have reworded your first statement to get yourself out of your hole. While i agree that this is costly, and they have both readers and writers for blu-ray, the fact is still that you were wrong. ADMIT IT!Even read your first post..there was no point there..it wasnt until your 3rd comment that you even tried to bring about a point. "Hell, Blu-Ray and HD-DVD don't even have writers yet. Until they do, the storage capacity is completely irrelevant. Otherwise, how is it useful to the counsumer?"
I think a lot of us would have to disagree with you. I very much disfavor Bush, and am content(not necessarily ecstatic) with windows. Yes there is Linux out there, and yes there is MAC, but i believe for my needs windows is right for me.
Funny within 1 minute i was able to find this ... http://www.blu-ray.com/faq/#1.11...as you see from thier own FAQ it says they are availible in japan and several companys have them for sale (that are not prototype models..All that in less then 1 minute..
Hey idiot its called doing some research before opening your yap. Next time use some common sense before trying to make invalid points.
And who knows digg could have paid for this article as an advert..
2 companies worse...Dell and Gateway i have seen way more of these get thrown down the toilet then i ever had of vaios. My preference are IBM and Alienware
The use of the word is DROVE not drived..please learn enlgish before spreading your ignorance.
I GET MODDED TROLL FOR A JOKE!Blah to all you and your non touched selfs!
Whats next are you gonna tell it really wasn't His Noodly appendage that touched me?