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

Paraphrasing Churchill: Capiltalism is the worst form of economic
organization except for all the others...

On 09/08/2011 01:20 PM, B. Estrade wrote:
> 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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