Oh now you come off it, stewart! <quote name="Stuart Jansen" date="Fri, 12 Nov 2010 at 13:21 -0700"> > On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 13:03 -0700, Von Fugal wrote: > > Oh, I don't know, because they PROVIDE the SERVICE?? > > > > If you don't like what they block, then pay someone else, like XMission. > > You know, it's really too bad the electric companies weren't more > forward thinking. They should have fought for the right to approve what > type of appliances could be plugged into the electric grid. Just think > how much progress we could have made as a society! Perhaps even flying > cars and teleportation. But because they didn't see what was coming, now > all I have is a crappy dishwasher, high def tv, and a mac book.
Electric companies are either government provided or have government sanctioned monopolies. > AT&T fought the good fight to keep its phone lines pure, but sadly the > evil competition haters in the government saw an end to that. Now look > at the cesspool we live it. My rotary phone broke last week and I won't > be able to get a replacement for months. If only it were possible to > carry a phone around in my pocket. I'm sure AT&T would have created one > for us if the government had just let them continue to control their > customers with an iron fist. AT&T is THE prime example of a government sanctioned monopoly. They could have just as easily revoked the monopoly and still solved the problem. No need to "require" AT&T to follow any specific policy. > Oh well, I guess it give me more time to live in a the fantasy world in > my head where government regulation makes competition possible. That is an oxymoron. Government regulation makes less competition. -- Von Fugal
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