> Fixed price, set speed, no unreasonable bandwidth caps. I pay > for my connection, not what I use. Satellite is a good example > there. Daily limits before getting throttled back.
OK, so how is that different? That describes what I am getting. > Qwest requires at the very least basic home phone service to > qualify for *any* price reduction on their services. And Bombast requires cable TV. I don't watch TV, so that is quite a cost overhead. However, I *do* use a telephone. > I can maintain a full 8Mbps or better download speeds at times. > My connection is typically only limited by the other end. Yes, > uploads typically only average 45k. Your speed is faster. > Sorry, I don't live in a utopian society where everything is > free and I can run around naked and not pay taxes. We as > Americans have a greater amount of "freedom" than many other > countries. I could care less if they're sniffing my packets for > LOLbombs. I *do* care. I don't trust our government. Tomorrow they may decide I am an enemy because I criticized the president. > Should I ever hop on a plane again in my life I'll > just wear a trench coat and boxers. I have nothing to hide! > Well, maybe from the IRS. That $20 'gift' was used for lunch. Right... -- Allen Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ First they came for the fourth amendment, but I said nothing because I wasn't a drug dealer. Then they came for the sixth amendment, but I kept quiet because I wasn't guilty. Finally they came for the first amendment, and by then it was too late to say anything at all. --- Nancy Lebovitz > --- Allen Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > I throw Comcast my nearly $60 a month for what is a >> considerably >> > better deal than what Qwest can do for me. >> >> That's about what I'm paying Qworst. Bombast won't offer >> a fixed IP address for a reasonable surcharge, so they are >> out. >> >> > Until we have a more >> > open free market or government backed broadband then I'll >> settle >> > on that cost. What I will not do is pay for the bandwidth I >> use >> > as those costs would be ridiculous. >> >> Are you saying that you should get bandwidth for free? >> >> > Clearwire cannot compete with a landline and will not likely >> > ever see my money. And until Qwest drops the hefty surcharge >> > because I don't use any other services then they won't see >> my >> > money either. It's not likely Verizon would be poking any of >> > their fiber down here before DOCSIS 3 either. >> >> Not sure what you mean. What Qworst services? >> >> > So, unless you think you can do better than Comcast for less >> > money as far as raw download speeds are concerned then keep >> the >> > trash talk to a minimum. >> >> I'm as interested in upload as download. I think this "trash >> talk" is highly relevant. >> >> > Throttled or not, the content I'm >> > legally acquiring has never seemed to suffer. Yes, out of >> > network torrents get hit and reset but that's also on the >> head >> > end where packet sniffers by your friends at RIAA & MPAA are >> > watching what you're doing. The ISP can't be at fault for >> what >> > our government allows corporate America to get away with. >> > >> > That be all, >> > Mr O. >> >> Say, what? You are saying that anything the gov doesn't >> prosecute >> is OK to be done to you? I don't *think* so. >> -- >> > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
