Re: [Nolug] New feature of Cox High Speed Internet

On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 01:17:43PM -0500, Charles Paul wrote:
> Your misunderstanding of history and mindless cheerleading for people
> much richer than you is a problem that you will have to live with. I
> am sorry.

Richer, but nonetheless, a lot less lazy and ingenious. I welcome my
capitalist pig overlords.

Brett

>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Clint Billedeaux <clint@fastbadge.com> wrote:
>> Why do people spend so much effort defining the rest of the world as an
>> enemy? ?Can't get what you want, the way you want it, when you want it, how
>> you want it, for FREE, without any consideration of the resources involved
>> it getting it to you? ?Blame the capitalist providing the service.
>>
>> Spend half the effort figuring out how to offer what YOU want to OTHERS, and
>> you WILL become a happy capitalist.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Clint Billedeaux <clint@fastbadge.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> You make me long for the days when a T1 line was a status symbol.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Joey Kelly <joey@joeykelly.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday 07 September 2011 13:26, Charles Paul wrote:
>>>>> You mean it cuts into their profits, rather. ?ISPs love blaming their
>>>>> best customers for their high rates.
>>>>>
>>>>> This country has some of the worst internet connections, and it has
>>>>> more to do with the industry's regulatory capture of the FTC and FCC.
>>>>>
>>>>> The blame, rather, lies with the lifestyles of the executives and
>>>>> investors.
>>>>>
>>>>> All that said: ?You are wrong.
>>>>
>>>> I truly don't understand what this is all about. I get blazingly fast
>>>> intarweb
>>>> from Cox, and my speeds keep going up every few years. I occasionally
>>>> download ISO CDs and DVDs, and never have any complaints.
>>>>
>>>> Don't like your speeds? Go sit on a T1 at a client's office and try to do
>>>> OS
>>>> updates or download a critical file. You'll sing a different tune when
>>>> you
>>>> get back to your pad that evening.
>>>>
>>>> U-verse? I'll never give AT&T another penny of mine, so long as I live.
>>>>
>>>> --Joey
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:17 PM, John Souvestre <johns@sstar.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Charles.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Possibly, but probably not. ?If an ISP supplies unlimited bandwidth
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> costs them more. ?So they have to charge more.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As a customer, are you willing to pay twice the rate because of the
>>>>>> top
>>>>>> 10% who double the ISP's bandwidth if there is no cap? ?Unless you
>>>>>> are in
>>>>>> that top 10%, the answer is generally no - hell no! ?:)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ??? John Souvestre - New Orleans LA - (504) 454-0899
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org
>>>>>> [mailto:owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org] On Behalf Of Charles Paul
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 1:07 pm
>>>>>> To: nolug@nolug.org
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Nolug] New feature of Cox High Speed Internet
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are there *any* service providers for unmetered, un-capped Internet
>>>>>> access in New Orleans?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Some guy came to the door trying to sel Uverse, but the only way to
>>>>>>> get it cheaper than the Cox bundle was for a lower Internet speed
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> no HD TV channels.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 09/06/2011 11:27 PM, Brad Bendily wrote:
>>>>>>>> I'm pretty sure uverse has similar restrictions for data usage
>>>>>>>> limits.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB409045#fbid=q79OcqQzjtN
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sep 6, 2011, at 10:31 PM, Chris Jones <techmaster@gmail.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <mailto:techmaster@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Wow, uverse is looking better and better each day... Half the
>>>>>>>>> price
>>>>>>>>> I'm paying now for the same speed, and now this?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Ben Bullard
>>>>>>>>> <<mailto:benbullard7@aol.com>benbullard7@aol.com
>>>>>>>>> <mailto:benbullard7@aol.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ? ?On 09/06/2011 03:50 PM, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ? ? ? ?Data metering. Yay!!!!!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ? ?It's a feature! It's for your own good...
>>>>>>>
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