It's simple: Revenue. If possession of these devices is a misdemeanor, and they advocate court, jail time and fines for possessing one, then it's a simple way for Bloomberg, Inc... er... NYC... to make money.
Actually, he wasn't in India (though he may have been Indian). I worked for Verizon DSL support. They've got two call centers in the US, one in Tijuana, Mexico, one in London, Ontario, Canada, and one in Manila, Phillipines.
I can attest that they don't keep their internal docs updated. If a new router/modem combo comes out and they start shipping, it's a minimum of 4 months before we had any documentation on it, we didn't get one in the call center, and we were expected to just figure it out. At one point, they started shipping Linksys routers with those Westell modems (don't get me started on Westell modems), and we had no documentation on those either. Supervisors were telling people that we don't support them. What? We sold it to them. We.. uhh... kinda have to.
Verizon is shit, hence why I will never have verizon phone, dsl, fios (as tempting as THAT is), or cell service.
And none of this is really *Real Violent Crime* such as you might find in south chicago;
Hey, wait just a minute. Violent crime in the city of Chicago has dropped markedly over the past 10 years or so. Perhaps you meant St. Louis or Detroit, two cities that are chronically at the top of the U.S. Most Dangerous Cities list (http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/30/real_estate/Most_ dangerous_cities/index.htm). Notice that Chicago isn't even in the top 25 most dangerous! Know the facts before you type. Thanks.
How is he a "maverick" that annoys the right when he's lock-step with them? That may have been true ten years ago, but somewhere along the way he started sounding and acting just like them.
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It's simple: Revenue. If possession of these devices is a misdemeanor, and they advocate court, jail time and fines for possessing one, then it's a simple way for Bloomberg, Inc... er... NYC... to make money.
Actually, he wasn't in India (though he may have been Indian). I worked for Verizon DSL support. They've got two call centers in the US, one in Tijuana, Mexico, one in London, Ontario, Canada, and one in Manila, Phillipines. I can attest that they don't keep their internal docs updated. If a new router/modem combo comes out and they start shipping, it's a minimum of 4 months before we had any documentation on it, we didn't get one in the call center, and we were expected to just figure it out. At one point, they started shipping Linksys routers with those Westell modems (don't get me started on Westell modems), and we had no documentation on those either. Supervisors were telling people that we don't support them. What? We sold it to them. We.. uhh... kinda have to. Verizon is shit, hence why I will never have verizon phone, dsl, fios (as tempting as THAT is), or cell service.
Hey, wait just a minute. Violent crime in the city of Chicago has dropped markedly over the past 10 years or so. Perhaps you meant St. Louis or Detroit, two cities that are chronically at the top of the U.S. Most Dangerous Cities list (http://money.cnn.com/2006/10/30/real_estate/Most_ dangerous_cities/index.htm). Notice that Chicago isn't even in the top 25 most dangerous! Know the facts before you type. Thanks.
How is he a "maverick" that annoys the right when he's lock-step with them? That may have been true ten years ago, but somewhere along the way he started sounding and acting just like them.
Same here in Chicago where the Jewel-Osco chain has been using them for nearly a year. Seriously, how is this news?