Slavery requires obedience. Until the people under these tyrannical governments raise up and throw off the shackles of Islam, which perpetuates this rigid class system of oppression, nothing will change...the new king will be the same as the last king.
This just replaces 1 monolopy, duopoly (Comcast & CenturyLink, etc. for another (Colorado's Municipal Broadband), and thus, still doesn't fix the problem. Remember the problem--LACK OF COMPETITION?
When are the people of a US city gonna man up and rewrite the ISP competition laws so that every ISP (Comcast, TimeWarner, CenturyLink, SuddenLink, Cox, et. al.) can simultaneously provide service to its citizens? WILL WE EVER SEE TRUE COMPETITION IN THE ISP SPACE?
In the immortal words of Rocket: Boo Hoo Hoo The people in Selma who boycotted the local mass transit system didn't have a bunch of other ways to get to work during their protest, so guess what, they walked. Yeah, I'm sure it sucked, but it got the stupid Jim Crow laws repealed didn't it? No one wants to sweat. "We want our (fill in the blank), and we want it now!!" (but don't disconnect my internet access, don't cut my cable, don't taze me, bro).
The whole point of a boycott is to be disruptive and uncomfortable for both sides until proper negotiation and redress occurs. It's just easier to complain though...
because most of these so called "cutters" are just dropping cable tv service and trying to get all their shows from the same ISP via the net--hence the broadband rate hike. So instead of 2 or 3 inflated bills (tv, internet, phone), the "cutters" are down to just 1, but still to the same monopoly and still inflated. The ISPs will continue to get their money from us because most of us are still paying. To get true lower prices we have to have competition, and the quickest way to get competition is to BOYCOTT. Stop paying the ISPs for a few months and see if the exclusionary rules don't change. I'll keep beating the same drum: Boycott or bend over
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target elevator
You'll shoot your eye out, kid--er, I mean--a terrorist will fly a plane into that, kid.
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2. (say it with me)CONGRESSIONAL TERM LIMITS
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When are the people of a US city gonna man up and rewrite the ISP competition laws so that every ISP (Comcast, TimeWarner, CenturyLink, SuddenLink, Cox, et. al.) can simultaneously provide service to its citizens? WILL WE EVER SEE TRUE COMPETITION IN THE ISP SPACE?
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having a back door into the General Services Administration: priceless
(then having the TechDirt website freeze when trying to make a smart alec comment: WINNING!)
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real lies"
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Re: Re: but cable cutting is still a fallacy
The people in Selma who boycotted the local mass transit system didn't have a bunch of other ways to get to work during their protest, so guess what, they walked. Yeah, I'm sure it sucked, but it got the stupid Jim Crow laws repealed didn't it? No one wants to sweat. "We want our (fill in the blank), and we want it now!!" (but don't disconnect my internet access, don't cut my cable, don't taze me, bro).
The whole point of a boycott is to be disruptive and uncomfortable for both sides until proper negotiation and redress occurs. It's just easier to complain though...
Boycott or bend over
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but cable cutting is still a fallacy
I'll keep beating the same drum: Boycott or bend over
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