Well, they are THE providers of broadband, didn't you know. Too valuable to "fail" and well connected in DC.
I read somewhere that between the bailouts - specifically banks and other financial institutions - and the loans that the taxpayers have gauranteed in the last year, along with the spending and new spending programs voted in for the future, there's something like 18 TRILLION dollars in liabilites on the backs of the taxpayers that's new since the end of January 08. And it's over 5 trillion in direct spending just for the 18 months between last july and the end of '09. That assumes no new spending. Someone I read, which if memory serves was a WSJ blog, calculated that we could just have let ALL the banks fail and instead, distributed 90,000 PER ADULT to the public and restarted with all new and solvent institutions and it would have been cheaper than the "stimulus", bank rescues and bailouts. I know that with 180K in my family we'd have done a lot more stimulatin' than the present 3.3 trillion just passed. (this includes the cost of future programs which are NOT paid for in this bill, cumulative to the next pres election). I am as horrified as you at the gross mismanagement. But, just when you think you've seen it all... The president (CEO? COO? Chairman? not sure) of Netflix apparently has publicly stated he thinks his taxes should be raised, along with all his business cohorts. If I were on his BOD, he'd be sending resumes out and unemployed the day after he said that. Well, whatcha gonna do? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <insert witty tagline here> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 3:18 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] What does this mean to wisps? > Yeah, and WE'RE expected to compete. No one bothers to point out that > they > do it be going broke!!!!!! > > aaarrrrgggghhhh > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Burgess" <[email protected]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 8:17 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] What does this mean to wisps? > > >> They are starting to roll out 60meg down 5up. Only in "test markets" >> though. >> >> * ----------------------------------------------------------- >> Dennis Burgess, CCNA, A+, Mikrotik Certified Trainer >> WISPA Board Member - wispa.org <http://www.wispa.org/> >> Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services >> WISPA Vendor Member* >> *Office*: 314-735-0270 *Website*: http://www.linktechs.net >> <http://www.linktechs.net/> >> */LIVE On-Line Mikrotik Training/* >> <http://www.linktechs.net/onlinetraining.asp> >> >> The information transmitted (including attachments) is covered by the >> Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is intended >> only for the person(s) or entity/entities to which >> it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. >> Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of >> any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities >> other >> than the intended recipient(s) is prohibited, If you >> received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material >> from any computer. >> >> >> >> >> >> Mike Hammett wrote: >>> Probably nothing, other than Charter may be more nimble in the future >>> without all of that burden. >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> Mike Hammett >>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>> http://www.ics-il.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "George Rogato" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 10:02 AM >>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [WISPA] What does this mean to wisps? >>> >>> >>>> Charter is set to file bankruptcy protection on or before April 1 as >>>> part of a financial restructuring to reduce its debt by $8bn. >>>> >>>> http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/245062c2-f93d-11dd-90c1-000077b07658.html?referrer_id=yahoofinance&ft_ref=yahoo1&segid=03058&nclick_check=1 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> WISPA Wants You! 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