[Eug-lug] 20Mbps DSL? It could come to you.

[Allen Brown]

> 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  abrown at peak.org  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 <abrown at peak.org> 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.
>> --
>>
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