[PLUG-TALK] Bitching.
Paul Johnson
baloo at ursine.ca
Sat Feb 14 20:43:07 UTC 2004
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On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 10:23:58AM -0800, gepr at tempusdictum.com wrote:
> Consumer advocacy groups seem to think that finger pointing does
> fix problems. Why, just the other day, I got a postcard in the
> mail suggesting that I join a class-action suit against Verizon.
> Ugh. That type of behavior disgusts me.
I'd jump on simply because it's Verizon. I don't have kind feelings
for Qwest, either, which is why I switched to Vonage last year.
> > > The very _idea_ that some people consider a fibre optic infrastructure
> > > _infrastructure_ is apalling.
> >
> > Without that infrastructure, I don't get a dialtone. It's a basic
> > service at this point, and Canada did the right thing 5 or 6 years ago
> > declaring internet access an essential utility.
>
> I disagree. The internet doesn't really help us live better lives.
OK, if you want to go back to not being able to get money from your bank
at 6PM on a Friday at some bank you've never heard of in a city
thousands of miles from home, make cheap phone calls, or be able to
boycott the postal service for favoring spammers, go right ahead.
- --
.''`. Paul Johnson <baloo at ursine.ca>
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`. `'` proud Debian admin and user
`- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system
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