Exactly. If I start an ISP, it is "my bandwidth", which I lease/rent to others according to my terms.
If my terms dictate I can govern your access, then when I govern it, I am acting within my expressed powers.
In the same way if you are renting my house from me, the rental agreement can state that I can come on the property, inspect the property, change the property, and restrict your use of the property.
If you don't like the rental agreement, don't rent from me.
wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong.
you are compelled by the FCC and the DMCA to not discriminate on your lines. If you try to impose "caps" on your "unlimited" services, I will jump ship, even if it means going to dialup.
you have to get me to agree with you if you alter the rental agreement on my home, if you don't i'll take you to court and get your contract ruled unconscionable, and you won't be able to evict me for 6 months even in the most conservative of states.
not few enough though. I've never been in an area that was out of driving distance of a station selling diesel.
The entire american trucking industry depends on diesel, so if you're anywhere near an interstate, chances are at least one gas station nearby sells diesel.
the reason i'm against "free trade" is it isn't really free.
The nations we engage in FTA's with are not equivalent in human rights and labor standards.
This means a job drain for cheaper prices which are still more expensive than the predominantly underemployed or unemployed populace can afford.
It takes the gilded age in one nation, and spreads it to the second more prosperous nation, with very little net gains for the first. It goes from "1890" in one nation and "2005" in another, to "1910" in both nations.
you know, fiat money period never works in the long run.
explain to me how price inflation is acceptable but not wage inflation.
the rest of what i'm reading is nothing but supply side propaganda.
Sure there's a modicum of truth to it, but the real thrust is it goes both ways. That's how the wheels of the economy are greased. Without mandating a wage floor, you don't get first world status, you also have depressed consumption and eventual economic stagnation.
As for improving yourself..
I have worked my youth away, earned two degrees, and nobody wants to hire me. Why? because I actually focused on academics in college, and they want people who neglected their studies for internships and "meeting people" (partying).
They don't want to train people anymore, and want everyone to "just work" for their specific purpose out of the box.
Back in "your day", and even as late as the mid 90's, companies were still willing to actually train people, and reward loyalty. Now they use people like tissue and demand experience they're not willing to give.
Heck, you're not even allowed to demonstrate initiative because the application process is completely decoupled from actual people, meaning you can't call someone in HR to follow up.
Safe Harbor, not common carrier, is what protects Comcast as per the DMCA and the CDA.
Common carrier is a completely different concept that affects telcos, not cable companies.
Modifying TCP streams--however repugnant--does not automatically mean the ISP is liable for the content that traverses its network. That's the law, like it or not.
they have begun monitoring and demonstrating preference for and against certain content crossing their lines. That, under the DMCA, removes all safe harbor protections.
Where is the MAFIAA when you actually WANT them to sue someone?
You see, in order to qualify as first world, you need things like water, power, sterile food, telephone, roadways, vehicles, and readily available technological infrastructure like wireless and internet.
Without it you may as well move to some place down in central or south america and use a hoe in your daily 9-5.
As such, consumer protections need to be put in place, and part of that is the government making sure there is actual competition.
If this is not happening, then it should.
That said, if you have ANY alternative even remotely similar to comcast, you should dump it for them, even if they have a similar cap. The point is not to reward them but to punish comcast.
If that is true, they are responsible for the content they serve up. They should be nailed by the RIAA, MPAA, and FBI for child porn if they are exempt from Common Carrier status.
Dead on! It's time for the vultures to swoop in if they're going to pull this kind of crap.
Beyond 2000 did cover something controversial, though it was inadvertant.
They covered the underlying reason why the music industry is hemorrhaging cash right now..
I remember in '98 when they detailed this software which "removed the risk" from music by plotting its structure against known tunes to see if it matched a "hit cluster".
If it didn't, no contract.
Too bad I didn't tape it.. I really should tape everything I watch now because you never know when it will become relevant.
oh god i hope it's not CSI accurate, otherwise we'd have all island societies going extinct because the last person had to vote himself off, leaving nobody.
Yes, because the world is just teeming with prehistoric skeletons. Why, just the other day I tripped over the remains of a Neanderthal, causing me to fall face first onto a Beaker Person skull, which rolled away and got trapped in the rib cage of an early Pict. In the park.
HAL.
someone's never been on the top end perimeter in rushour!
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that's been going on in the US for a decade, the p2p use continues to rise, the risk of being sued continues to diminish.
Game, set, match all right. The people win.
Exactly. If I start an ISP, it is "my bandwidth", which I lease/rent to others according to my terms.
If my terms dictate I can govern your access, then when I govern it, I am acting within my expressed powers.
In the same way if you are renting my house from me, the rental agreement can state that I can come on the property, inspect the property, change the property, and restrict your use of the property.
If you don't like the rental agreement, don't rent from me.
wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong.
you are compelled by the FCC and the DMCA to not discriminate on your lines. If you try to impose "caps" on your "unlimited" services, I will jump ship, even if it means going to dialup.
you have to get me to agree with you if you alter the rental agreement on my home, if you don't i'll take you to court and get your contract ruled unconscionable, and you won't be able to evict me for 6 months even in the most conservative of states.
you don't seem to get it. I can't find any job that pays a living wage.
I'm not talking about 50k a year, i'm talking about a GD living wage you can actually use to pay loans and rent an apartment.
we're past an age when you can "corner a vp".
As for your description of "college boys", you're full of it. I said I worked my youth away, not partied it away.
not few enough though. I've never been in an area that was out of driving distance of a station selling diesel.
The entire american trucking industry depends on diesel, so if you're anywhere near an interstate, chances are at least one gas station nearby sells diesel.
sorry, but an econo car these days costs 11k US (toyota yaris base model, hundai accent, similar models).
i can tell you right now lower income families can't afford 18.5 on a car.
what, you've never seen the "kids these days" who think it's trendy to strap a park bench to the back of a VW bug?
it's not "your bandwidth", it's theirs too. they want to use p2p.
want "your bandwidth"? start an ISP.
the reason i'm against "free trade" is it isn't really free.
The nations we engage in FTA's with are not equivalent in human rights and labor standards.
This means a job drain for cheaper prices which are still more expensive than the predominantly underemployed or unemployed populace can afford.
It takes the gilded age in one nation, and spreads it to the second more prosperous nation, with very little net gains for the first.
It goes from "1890" in one nation and "2005" in another, to "1910" in both nations.
you know, fiat money period never works in the long run.
explain to me how price inflation is acceptable but not wage inflation.
the rest of what i'm reading is nothing but supply side propaganda.
Sure there's a modicum of truth to it, but the real thrust is it goes both ways. That's how the wheels of the economy are greased. Without mandating a wage floor, you don't get first world status, you also have depressed consumption and eventual economic stagnation.
As for improving yourself..
I have worked my youth away, earned two degrees, and nobody wants to hire me. Why? because I actually focused on academics in college, and they want people who neglected their studies for internships and "meeting people" (partying).
They don't want to train people anymore, and want everyone to "just work" for their specific purpose out of the box.
Back in "your day", and even as late as the mid 90's, companies were still willing to actually train people, and reward loyalty. Now they use people like tissue and demand experience they're not willing to give.
Heck, you're not even allowed to demonstrate initiative because the application process is completely decoupled from actual people, meaning you can't call someone in HR to follow up.
Safe Harbor, not common carrier, is what protects Comcast as per the DMCA and the CDA.
Common carrier is a completely different concept that affects telcos, not cable companies.
Modifying TCP streams--however repugnant--does not automatically mean the ISP is liable for the content that traverses its network. That's the law, like it or not.
they have begun monitoring and demonstrating preference for and against certain content crossing their lines. That, under the DMCA, removes all safe harbor protections.
Where is the MAFIAA when you actually WANT them to sue someone?
Unions would do what, exactly, to change this?
it would actually make sure americans had a "living wage" by which to pay for the products on the shelves.
This is something that's being eviscerated atm.
actually if you read the fine print they do.
You see, in order to qualify as first world, you need things like water, power, sterile food, telephone, roadways, vehicles, and readily available technological infrastructure like wireless and internet.
Without it you may as well move to some place down in central or south america and use a hoe in your daily 9-5.
As such, consumer protections need to be put in place, and part of that is the government making sure there is actual competition.
If this is not happening, then it should.
That said, if you have ANY alternative even remotely similar to comcast, you should dump it for them, even if they have a similar cap. The point is not to reward them but to punish comcast.
we get it we get it, aussies are being butt-raped.
I weep for you, but stop trying to justify this because telstra's not being put in check by your government for it's abusive peering rates.
If that is true, they are responsible for the content they serve up. They should be nailed by the RIAA, MPAA, and FBI for child porn if they are exempt from Common Carrier status.
Dead on! It's time for the vultures to swoop in if they're going to pull this kind of crap.
when the market is actually free, of course if you read the entry in my sig the market is seldom if ever free.
The ISP market is on the opposite end of the spectrum from free.
halo 3 and wow to name a few.
shame too because halo 3 had a great concept in the teasers, then they kind of pitched it out for that crappy techno.
Beyond 2000 did cover something controversial, though it was inadvertant.
They covered the underlying reason why the music industry is hemorrhaging cash right now..
I remember in '98 when they detailed this software which "removed the risk" from music by plotting its structure against known tunes to see if it matched a "hit cluster".
If it didn't, no contract.
Too bad I didn't tape it.. I really should tape everything I watch now because you never know when it will become relevant.
which still doesn't account for the massive markups.
sorry but those don't equate to 10 and 20 to 1 markups.
but hardly CSI accurate
oh god i hope it's not CSI accurate, otherwise we'd have all island societies going extinct because the last person had to vote himself off, leaving nobody.
Yes, because the world is just teeming with prehistoric skeletons. Why, just the other day I tripped over the remains of a Neanderthal, causing me to fall face first onto a Beaker Person skull, which rolled away and got trapped in the rib cage of an early Pict. In the park.
HAL.
someone's never been on the top end perimeter in rushour!
yes, link to it like this
your email has been noted, i'll shoot you a message so you can send me an evaluation.
yes it does, look at any wal-mart, compare the manufacturing cost of that plastic toy on the shelf to the sale price.
That's greedy employers and a congress who refuses to protect the domestic job market.