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This thread has gone on for far too long. Once again, it's time to stop
feeding the troll. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29> MDK wrote: Walks on the edge of what? For many decades, we paid HUGE per minute prices for long distance. And rather large sums just to have a phone, for that matter. The telcos innovated nothing. They thought of "innovation" as some small thing every 20 years.Why? You know the answer. No free market. Once finally got the door busted down, and competition entered... Voice services, long distance or not, cost so little they are insignificant. And the range of services exploded. Do you want the ISP business to do the same? Just get Uncle Sam involved and it'll come to a screeching halt, all us small players will go away, and we'll have non evolutionary communications for a few decades. Fortunately, it seems the cat is out of the bag, and we're too hard to stuff back in, though the Congress and FCC so badly want to. Medicare refused to pay for services and as a result, my mother died 20 years too soon. The VA medical system is unresponsive. My father died of rather pointless issues in a VA hospital because the care just isn't... "there". Social Security is a scam that makes Madoff look like Robin Hood. Government created monopolies and we suffered for decades because of them... still do. I read somewhere in this thread that I or someone had claimed the free market will do everything. NO, it will not. But it will do the best that can be done. And government will do the worst. And I'll stake my LIFE on that. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert West" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 1:55 PM To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Report: Broadband stimulus funds won't sufficeBut none of those would work unless they were setup as a not for profit. Any entity that is to serve the people AND generate profit walks on the edge. Bob- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MDK Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 4:37 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Report: Broadband stimulus funds won't suffice And each of these is the evidence I have that I do NOT want them doing anything more, and I want them OUT of those things, as well. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Tim Sylvester" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 5:27 PM To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Report: Broadband stimulus funds won't suffice -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Consulting, Technical Writing, Editing, Training, Wireless Mapping Serving the Wireless, Networking, and Telecom Communities Since 1993 www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 [email protected] |
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