Well no, this is a Capitalist society. Here blocking is motivated by
profit motives. The telecoms lie to us about how expensive it is to move
electrons and seek to block services they see as a threat to their
ability to overcharge.
Well, it isn't that expensive to move electrons but it costs a lot
to build and maintain a network. Most of this is in labor costs
but we see it as an investment in the sense that our people are
trained, experienced professionals.
We're capitalists. I see no need to apologize for that. That
means we spent and are spending the money, billions of dollars
in fact, to deliver products on which we expect to see a return on
investment.
Seems like a good plan to me.
At the same time we are a regulated public utility that offers products
at rock bottom prices that we can't possibly recover costs on.
I know you love to kick the phone company but so does
everybody.
Censoring content is not part of our agenda. We are in
compliance with applicable Federal regulations with regard
to common carriers.
Nothing I say here represents anything but my personal opinion.
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