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Shaggar posted:yeah maybe they break even on operational costs, but the initial investment probably has them way in the hole and if they need any more they'll just dip right back into those town coffers it's cool how this is the point at which you start arguing against hypotheticals instead of facts also why the gently caress is evrybody allergic to capital expenses god just build poo poo and let the finance people sort it out
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:uh yeah we invented it and also we have ICANN so get used to it bub lmao at some fuckin foreigners thinkin they can just roll up into our internet, paid for with our taxes and sit down at the grownups table
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duTrieux. posted:it's cool how this is the point at which you start arguing against hypotheticals instead of facts well the list of government projects in the black is so long and we're running on these huge surpluses so idk where I got the idea it would be a mismanaged pile of taxpayer debt
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Sagebrush posted:read the drat article. they buy the gas wholesale, add enough to the price to cover the cost of running the station, and sell the gas for what turns out to be less than the local private stores. the station pays for itself. also its important to realize that its effectively a tourist town for lake cumberland so all the tax revenue should be from gouging out of towners this is what the gas stations were trying to do by colluding on pricing it 30 cents above neighboring counties. unfortunately this pissed off the townies who did this.
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if ur on the side of the tech companies and net neutrality proponents then ur wrong
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Shaggar posted:well the list of government projects in the black is so long and we're running on these huge surpluses so idk where I got the idea it would be a mismanaged pile of taxpayer debt yeah, it's a shame that "government" is an actual physical creature and not composed of human beings who can be voted into or out of office
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duTrieux. posted:yeah, it's a shame that "government" is an actual physical creature and not composed of human beings who can be voted into or out of office ya it is
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let ISPs do what they want we can't afford a new network anyway. we need to put at least 75% revenue into the military unless u all want to be russian slaves
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duTrieux. posted:yeah, it's a shame that "government" is an actual physical creature and not composed of human beings who can be voted into or out of office no it's a giant building with arms and legs made of humans strapped together which roams the countryside and eats free markets
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i wonder if shaggar submits his best posts to the fcc
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duTrieux. posted:yeah, it's a shame that "government" is an actual physical creature and not composed of human beings who can be voted into or out of office yea that is a shame
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:no it's a giant building with arms and legs made of humans strapped together which roams the countryside and eats free markets i would be okay with my tax dollars funding this
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A Wheezy Steampunk posted:Not All Minorities: 
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six months huh
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Dec 31, 2014 04:11
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I live in Philadelphia so my Comcast service is great and generally very needs suiting.
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Shaggar posted:well the list of government projects in the black is so long and we're running on these huge surpluses so idk where I got the idea it would be a mismanaged pile of taxpayer debt Student Lending comes to mind.
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Shaggar posted:well the list of government projects in the black is so long and we're running on these huge surpluses so idk where I got the idea it would be a mismanaged pile of taxpayer debt well its a good thing that government debt is a surplus for private enterprise
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Don Lapre posted:Bump lol
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pram posted:lol
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pram posted:lol
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 did the minorities ever get their slow lanes?
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The Management posted:
no google is building out on the other side of the tracks
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The Management posted:
http://www.internetessentials.com
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hey, $10/mo for 5mb/1mb internet service could be just fine for a small family with non-technical women and/or children and it sets the speed right to where online streaming netflix/etc is gonna suck and not be realistic to do, so, better upgrade that to include Xfinity TV. while you're at that, have you heard of the Triple Play? Let's get you a landline too. What do you mean you dont need a landline? Ok well what if your cell is out of battery? Ok well what if the power is out? Cmon if you do the triple play we'll give you a locked-in low rate for 6 months! JESUS CHRIST *throttles by neck* JUST TAKE THE TRIPLE PLAY OR I SWEAR TO GOD I WILL PUT YOUR DOG IN THE MICROWAVE
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Sniep posted:hey, $10/mo for 5mb/1mb internet service could be just fine for a small family with non-technical women and/or children do u have to have past comcast debt for this?
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Jan 2, 2015 19:47
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i'm the $1000+ bike pictured in the splash art for poor people internet
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Sniep posted:Ok well what if the power is out? then the "landline" won't work either
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computer parts posted:then the "landline" won't work either yes it will. by law it has to have a battery backup in the cable modem/voip component so if power is out you can still reach E911
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Sniep posted:yes it will. by law it has to have a battery backup in the cable modem/voip component so if power is out you can still reach E911 comcast was skimping on those as of late iirc there's a slot but you have to get your own battery
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computer parts posted:comcast was skimping on those as of late iirc yeah when they gave me my modem it had no battery installed also it was the wrong modem for my service also i told them i already had my own modem and didn't need it
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Sniep posted:yes it will. by law it has to have a battery backup in the cable modem/voip component so if power is out you can still reach E911 tell that to time warner as my parent's voip modem still has no battery unless they buy it themselves. also in tyool 2014 they were finally told that they have an alternative to time warner: at&t finally offers 6/0.5 mbps dsl on their street for $50 a month. for an extra $30 you can even bundle it with an old landline that still has the concept of long distance charges and local toll calls.
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maybe they don't have to supply the battery, just the capability? weird. i dont deal with any consumer poo poo so it might be buried in the rental for hte modem that the renter is contractually obligated to get a bettery for it and do that side of maintenance on the customer side of the demarc (i guess the battery is the CPE side?)
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I just installed my own modem because I didn't want to participate in their "free upgrade" to one of their awful wireless routers that they piggyback their "free wifi" [for customers] service onto and the woman that helped me had to do the big sales pitch at the end and I felt bad for her
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i got the modem from the company and i wasn't willing to pay for the router modem because i already had a router and the plain modem was still docsis 3 so what's the difference? they told me i would not be able to do wireless networking without the router modem and i was like "right, i know, sure". they said "this is for one computer only, you need the networking package (a more expensive one) to use it with more than one computer" and again i said sure whatever. so i got the modem and guess what -- it has some idiot hell fucker java-based provisioning software that you have to run on your computer to "set it up", and after that the modem only responds to the MAC address that the software sent it. so if you set it up on your laptop it will not function when plugged into any other computer , or an external router. unbelievable lovely racketeering. i spoofed the router's mac with the mac i used for the setup and it has worked perfectly fine from then on, only took like 30 seconds, but aaaaaagh i can't believe they even try this poo poo
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Sagebrush posted:i got the modem from the company and i wasn't willing to pay for the router modem because i already had a router and the plain modem was still docsis 3 so what's the difference? they told me i would not be able to do wireless networking without the router modem and i was like "right, i know, sure". they said "this is for one computer only, you need the networking package (a more expensive one) to use it with more than one computer" and again i said sure whatever. lol that sounds illegal somehow possibly in many different ways
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Sagebrush posted:so i got the modem and guess what -- it has some idiot hell fucker java-based provisioning software that you have to run on your computer to "set it up", and after that the modem only responds to the MAC address that the software sent it. so if you set it up on your laptop it will not function when plugged into any other computer , or an external router. unbelievable lovely racketeering. thank you for confirming that $60 on amazon was money well spent
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Sniep posted:lol that sounds illegal somehow i'ts basically the same as the phone companies charging extra for tethering your phone to your computer and i imagine they'd justify it the same way
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Sagebrush posted:i got the modem from the company and i wasn't willing to pay for the router modem because i already had a router and the plain modem was still docsis 3 so what's the difference? they told me i would not be able to do wireless networking without the router modem and i was like "right, i know, sure". they said "this is for one computer only, you need the networking package (a more expensive one) to use it with more than one computer" and again i said sure whatever. wow
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