JohnRaven,CHT,CSH (profile), 29 May 2009 @ 10:44am
Sanity...
It's good to hear the voice of sanity speaking from time to time.
Part of the problem is, we are cattle. We blindly sit by and allow our rights as consumers to be usurped. Instead of launching campaigns that aim at what the politicians value - their re-election - we sit back and complain and do nothing, and then accept the new rules.
All that is needed for evil to win, is for good men to do nothing.
Go to eff.org and join up and send out emails to your congressional representatives. Tell them that if they can't represent your interests, you will be voting for someone who does.
JohnRaven,CHT,CSH (profile), 29 May 2009 @ 10:33am
Is it true?
It seems that AT&T and other networks have been milking the data fees for users for some time now without really upgrading their network.
The profits were filling the coffers of the executives instead of being used to expand their network to be ready for the explosive growth that any tech-head in their IS department could have predicted with one pocket protector tied behind his back.
They're more than happy to offer you the world and then charge you for it... but God forbid you ask them to deliver.
I would hope competition would spur them to upgrade networks and offer better plans. In the end, the network that delivers is going to be the network that people move to in order to support their mobile data habit.
Unlike cable companies, most areas have 5+ cell companies in serving them, so people really do have choice.
JohnRaven,CHT,CSH (profile), 28 May 2009 @ 10:47am
It's worse than that...
>Imagine if your employer said to you "yeah, we promised a
>$1000 bonus payment to you this month but I lost half of
>it on the horses. Sorry.". Imagining what you could have
>gotten if he'd won would hardly compensate for the loss
>of the money that should have been yours, and I doubt
>you'd be happy about that.
I suspect it's worse than that. I suspect that if they MAKE money, they keep it, but if they LOSE money, it comes out of the musicians' cut.
It's a fantastic scam... if you're not the musician.
JohnRaven,CHT,CSH (profile), 28 May 2009 @ 10:46am
Golden Rule
Let's face it, it's the Golden Rule at it's finest.
Those with the gold, make the rules. And those with enough money to pay off politicians are immune to prosecution until it hurts the politician more to ignore the injustice (ie. the public finds out and gets outraged).
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Sanity...
Part of the problem is, we are cattle. We blindly sit by and allow our rights as consumers to be usurped. Instead of launching campaigns that aim at what the politicians value - their re-election - we sit back and complain and do nothing, and then accept the new rules.
All that is needed for evil to win, is for good men to do nothing.
Go to eff.org and join up and send out emails to your congressional representatives. Tell them that if they can't represent your interests, you will be voting for someone who does.
On the post: AT&T CEO Says Wireless Networks Aren't Prepared For Data Traffic -- Frankly, He Should Know
Is it true?
The profits were filling the coffers of the executives instead of being used to expand their network to be ready for the explosive growth that any tech-head in their IS department could have predicted with one pocket protector tied behind his back.
They're more than happy to offer you the world and then charge you for it... but God forbid you ask them to deliver.
I would hope competition would spur them to upgrade networks and offer better plans. In the end, the network that delivers is going to be the network that people move to in order to support their mobile data habit.
Unlike cable companies, most areas have 5+ cell companies in serving them, so people really do have choice.
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Blame...
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It's worse than that...
>$1000 bonus payment to you this month but I lost half of
>it on the horses. Sorry.". Imagining what you could have
>gotten if he'd won would hardly compensate for the loss
>of the money that should have been yours, and I doubt
>you'd be happy about that.
I suspect it's worse than that. I suspect that if they MAKE money, they keep it, but if they LOSE money, it comes out of the musicians' cut.
It's a fantastic scam... if you're not the musician.
On the post: Dutch Music Collection Society Loses Artist Royalties In The Stock Market
Golden Rule
Those with the gold, make the rules. And those with enough money to pay off politicians are immune to prosecution until it hurts the politician more to ignore the injustice (ie. the public finds out and gets outraged).
Sad, but true.
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