ISPs do not have Common Carrier status. Regulated telephone companies are common carriers. Even if a regulated telephone company has an ISP, the ISP is not a common carrier. "ISP is a common carrier" is simply wishful thinking.
I don't know what kind of "unlimited data plan" Verizon Wireless is talking about. They do not currently have and, as far as I know, never have had an unlimited data plan for "air cards" (USB dongles).
Originally their "unlimited EVDO service" had a 5GB/month cap. If you exceeded that cap they terminated your service. You could not appeal. This happened to me. After the the class action suit (bruoght in California, I thing) they sent me a refund for the money I paid for the card. As I understand it the court ordered them to stop using the term "unlimited".
Then they went to a throttled model where they would throttle your service speed back if you exceeded your 5GM/month limit. I did not have service at that time so I did not personally experience this.
Then they stopped throttling and just billed you for over usage. US$70 for the monthly service (5GB included), then about US$250 in overage fees for the next 5GB of data.
They still do this, but will now contact you if you get close to your 5GB monthly limit. How nice of them.
I now only use my EVDO service when I'm at my weekend cabin. I Verizon is the only cellular provider with service at my cabin. My other options are dialup or satellite, neither is suitable for SSH.
I would be much happier if 1) Verizon would stop lying and 2) their service cost US$70 per 5GB of overage.
Where I live there are 3 choices for internet service: dialup, satellite, and Verizon Wireless EVDO service. I do most of my work via SSH. Dialup and satellite are too high of latency for SSH. That leaves me with VZ with their 5GB monthly usage cap. Yes, that is FIVE GB. Overage fees are very high, about $250 is you use twice your 5GB allowance.
The original (first gen) Digium cards were based on the Zapata cards. Digium stopped producing those cards years ago. See http://www.zapatatelephony.org/ for more information on the open source hardware design. It appears that many of the original "clones" of the Digium cards are also based on the Zapata design. I don't know about the current "clone" cards.
People research many things before they buy or use them. Houses, neighbourhoods, schools, cars, trucks, health food. There's no reason to expect them to do any research on the software and hardware they have on their computer. That's just silly!
I ordered an upgrade to a 20" dish (standard is 18", I think) when I got my DirecTV service at my cabin and seldom had weather related outages. Seldom had any outages actually. I dropped DirecTV a few months ago and went with OTA DTV. I use Verizon EVDO service at that location as well. I have an apartment in the city where I have cable television and internet service.
I agree with your comments about satellite internet service.
Which is less confusing, a little icon that looks sort of like a toaster, or a button that says "PRINT"? Obviously the little icon that sort of looks like a toaster or they would not have removed words from the buttons.
Does anyone actually KNOW how much of America has only dial-up available?
In all fairness HughesNet (and other satellite providers) is available in most of the USA. Any place with Verizon Wireless phone service also has EVDO Rev B service. I don't know how much of Sprint or AT&T networks have EDGE or EVDO. I understand this is not what most people would call "broadband". I sure love my cablemodem, but when I lived in a rural area (Verizon was the only cell provider with service, 13 miles from the telco office, no cable service within at least that distance) I loved my Verizon Wireless "broadband access". 150Kbps or so download speeds were common.
My suggestion is to go on vacation for a couple of weeks. Then ask your boss how much you are worth. Quite simple really.
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What I think he means is this:
IT is anti-business because they prevent people from using IM to keep in touch with their baby sitter, mistress, or downloading a virus.
IT is anti-business because they block youtube and online stock trading and the flavor of the week streaming radio station.
IT is anti-business because they run the company firewall.
Business is not anti-tech at all. In fact Business loves technology so much they don't care how it works, if it works, or if there is some better product. All they care about is that it's cool, they saw it on TV, or they downloaded it. It is, of course, IT's fault that it does not work, blew up their computer, or caused the entire accounting database be sent via e-mail to someone in the Ukraine.
ISPs in the USA seem to be slowly moving to bandwidth caps. If people start getting large overage bills from their ISP maybe they will start caring more about security and anti-virus and safe browsing habits or, maybe they will stop using the internet. I'd be happy with either outcome.
What specific USA ISPs have actual, legal, common carrier status? Cite your source. AT&T telecom, for example, has common carrier status. AT&T ISP has never been a common carrier as far as I know. The same applies to all ISPs. Just because you don't police content does not make you a common carrier.
My cat is more technically savvy than most realtors that I know (and I work for a real estate company). One even told me she did not want to notified on her cell phone when she received a new voicemail on her office phone because "text messages are too hard". This is from someone that lives and dies by the phone. These people wanted the PBX to call them on their cell phone and tell them they had new voicemail (giving them the option of listening to it).
These people whine about never getting any training, yet less than 1 in 10 people show up for training classes. We don't even bother to roll out most useful technologies because they won't use it anyway. It does save money 8-)
All but one of the highest grossing 5 agents in the company are either technically savvy or have an assistant that is technically savvy.
The AT&T breakup only dealt with local and long distance (toll) service. It had NOTHING to do with leasing local lines. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 attempted (and failed) to open up the local lines to 3rd party providers. I believe there should be a second breakup. This time separate the communications lines (copper, fiber, etc) and the housing (buildings) from the dialtone service.
The additional market for CFLs that this will generate will create consumer demand for CFLs with as identical a color spectrum as physically possible to an incandescent bulb. I've got several of these bulbs in my house and the light is plenty warm enough for me."
What brand/model of CFL do you use? I've tried several "full spectrum" and "5500K" CFLs and I hate the light produced.
That is why legalizing these drugs is a good thing. It reduces harm. Tax them, regulate them. Use the tax money for addiction treatment you reduce harm even more. The government will get a windfall from all the money they are not spending on the War On (Some) Drugs.
No, it is like not allowing the airlines to charge both the passenger AND the city of Los Angeles for a ticket to Los Angels, CA. i.e. Net Neutrality would prevent ISPs from charging both the end user and the web site the end user goes to for access to that web site. ISPs would still be allowed to offer different speeds of service - coach class , business class, and first class. ISPs would still be allowed to ban specific protocols or usage patterns. Net Neutrality just means the ISP is not allowed to bill two different entities for the same service.
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ISPs do not have Common Carrier status. Regulated telephone companies are common carriers. Even if a regulated telephone company has an ISP, the ISP is not a common carrier. "ISP is a common carrier" is simply wishful thinking.
Because they will start "curing" homosexuality, skin color, or whatever happens to be unpopular at the moment.
I don't know what kind of "unlimited data plan" Verizon Wireless is talking about. They do not currently have and, as far as I know, never have had an unlimited data plan for "air cards" (USB dongles). Originally their "unlimited EVDO service" had a 5GB/month cap. If you exceeded that cap they terminated your service. You could not appeal. This happened to me. After the the class action suit (bruoght in California, I thing) they sent me a refund for the money I paid for the card. As I understand it the court ordered them to stop using the term "unlimited". Then they went to a throttled model where they would throttle your service speed back if you exceeded your 5GM/month limit. I did not have service at that time so I did not personally experience this. Then they stopped throttling and just billed you for over usage. US$70 for the monthly service (5GB included), then about US$250 in overage fees for the next 5GB of data. They still do this, but will now contact you if you get close to your 5GB monthly limit. How nice of them. I now only use my EVDO service when I'm at my weekend cabin. I Verizon is the only cellular provider with service at my cabin. My other options are dialup or satellite, neither is suitable for SSH. I would be much happier if 1) Verizon would stop lying and 2) their service cost US$70 per 5GB of overage.
Where I live there are 3 choices for internet service: dialup, satellite, and Verizon Wireless EVDO service. I do most of my work via SSH. Dialup and satellite are too high of latency for SSH. That leaves me with VZ with their 5GB monthly usage cap. Yes, that is FIVE GB. Overage fees are very high, about $250 is you use twice your 5GB allowance.
The original (first gen) Digium cards were based on the Zapata cards. Digium stopped producing those cards years ago. See http://www.zapatatelephony.org/ for more information on the open source hardware design. It appears that many of the original "clones" of the Digium cards are also based on the Zapata design. I don't know about the current "clone" cards.
People research many things before they buy or use them. Houses, neighbourhoods, schools, cars, trucks, health food. There's no reason to expect them to do any research on the software and hardware they have on their computer. That's just silly!
I ordered an upgrade to a 20" dish (standard is 18", I think) when I got my DirecTV service at my cabin and seldom had weather related outages. Seldom had any outages actually. I dropped DirecTV a few months ago and went with OTA DTV. I use Verizon EVDO service at that location as well. I have an apartment in the city where I have cable television and internet service. I agree with your comments about satellite internet service.
You do not have a clear view of the southern sky in the USA?
Which is less confusing, a little icon that looks sort of like a toaster, or a button that says "PRINT"? Obviously the little icon that sort of looks like a toaster or they would not have removed words from the buttons.
His "registered sex offender" status is a lifetime sentence. There is no parole, no appeal, it's for life.
How do Canadians deal with issue? I can't imagine them putting the lowest Canadian note in a stripper's G-String. What is the lowest note? CA$5?
Does anyone actually KNOW how much of America has only dial-up available?
In all fairness HughesNet (and other satellite providers) is available in most of the USA. Any place with Verizon Wireless phone service also has EVDO Rev B service. I don't know how much of Sprint or AT&T networks have EDGE or EVDO. I understand this is not what most people would call "broadband". I sure love my cablemodem, but when I lived in a rural area (Verizon was the only cell provider with service, 13 miles from the telco office, no cable service within at least that distance) I loved my Verizon Wireless "broadband access". 150Kbps or so download speeds were common.
My suggestion is to go on vacation for a couple of weeks. Then ask your boss how much you are worth. Quite simple really.
What I think he means is this:
IT is anti-business because they prevent people from using IM to keep in touch with their baby sitter, mistress, or downloading a virus.
IT is anti-business because they block youtube and online stock trading and the flavor of the week streaming radio station.
IT is anti-business because they run the company firewall.
Business is not anti-tech at all. In fact Business loves technology so much they don't care how it works, if it works, or if there is some better product. All they care about is that it's cool, they saw it on TV, or they downloaded it. It is, of course, IT's fault that it does not work, blew up their computer, or caused the entire accounting database be sent via e-mail to someone in the Ukraine.
ISPs in the USA seem to be slowly moving to bandwidth caps. If people start getting large overage bills from their ISP maybe they will start caring more about security and anti-virus and safe browsing habits or, maybe they will stop using the internet. I'd be happy with either outcome.
Cite your source. Going from one case to three cases would mean the number of cases tripled. Your statement is useless without additional information.
Isn't an histamine response required to consider something an allergy?
What specific USA ISPs have actual, legal, common carrier status? Cite your source. AT&T telecom, for example, has common carrier status. AT&T ISP has never been a common carrier as far as I know. The same applies to all ISPs. Just because you don't police content does not make you a common carrier.
My cat is more technically savvy than most realtors that I know (and I work for a real estate company). One even told me she did not want to notified on her cell phone when she received a new voicemail on her office phone because "text messages are too hard". This is from someone that lives and dies by the phone. These people wanted the PBX to call them on their cell phone and tell them they had new voicemail (giving them the option of listening to it). These people whine about never getting any training, yet less than 1 in 10 people show up for training classes. We don't even bother to roll out most useful technologies because they won't use it anyway. It does save money 8-) All but one of the highest grossing 5 agents in the company are either technically savvy or have an assistant that is technically savvy.
Delaying checks is your word against theirs. The direct debit is something you should be able to talk to the public service commission about.
The AT&T breakup only dealt with local and long distance (toll) service. It had NOTHING to do with leasing local lines. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 attempted (and failed) to open up the local lines to 3rd party providers. I believe there should be a second breakup. This time separate the communications lines (copper, fiber, etc) and the housing (buildings) from the dialtone service.
The additional market for CFLs that this will generate will create consumer demand for CFLs with as identical a color spectrum as physically possible to an incandescent bulb. I've got several of these bulbs in my house and the light is plenty warm enough for me."
What brand/model of CFL do you use? I've tried several "full spectrum" and "5500K" CFLs and I hate the light produced.
That is why legalizing these drugs is a good thing. It reduces harm. Tax them, regulate them. Use the tax money for addiction treatment you reduce harm even more. The government will get a windfall from all the money they are not spending on the War On (Some) Drugs.
Moving quickly to being a theocracy. I expect the atheists to be rounded up and put in "re-education" camps any day now.
No, it is like not allowing the airlines to charge both the passenger AND the city of Los Angeles for a ticket to Los Angels, CA. i.e. Net Neutrality would prevent ISPs from charging both the end user and the web site the end user goes to for access to that web site. ISPs would still be allowed to offer different speeds of service - coach class , business class, and first class. ISPs would still be allowed to ban specific protocols or usage patterns. Net Neutrality just means the ISP is not allowed to bill two different entities for the same service.