TigerLord
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Chicoutimi
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Re: Not a bad strategy either...
What?
I said if they keep throttling and capping connections to justify the faster speeds, it makes no sense. I'd rather have slower speed and an uncapped, unthrottled connection, or at least, a reasonable cap hovering around 200GB.
AT&T's point of view makes sense, saying Internet is already fast enough. They should invest in maintaining a network capable of handling unthrolled connections with a higher cap. |
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root9
join:2005-04-08
Kitchener, ON
·Bell Sympatico
| ahum, you said: "Faster speeds will be useless if throttling and low download caps will become standard anyway,"
If they become standard "anyway" then we lost the fight for our rights. The idea is to not let them get away with it in the first place or they sucker us later. |
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TigerLord
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Chicoutimi | As it has been said here, I'm all for petitions and fighting, but we are a vocal minority at best and influence the big companies very little. |
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root9
join:2005-04-08
Kitchener, ON
·Bell Sympatico
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April 11th, @06:08PM
| oh you are are you? and you're not part of the biggest community on this planet? ... the internet users?
you have many advocacy groups, youtube, google video, slashdot, your senator and list goes on and on.
You ever think of starting your own website / blog / advocacy group and scream for help? Post a sign on your front lawn ,, let loose and fight for your rights!
Here is a perfect example fou you: »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Chanology
These PPL [mostly kids, teens and young adults] started as few ... who grew into many. They are taking on a the cult of Scientology [the richest and most destructive idiots on this continent] and driving them back into the sea. Maybe slowly but they are doing it.
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Fight for your rights or loose them! |
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nitzan
join:2008-02-27
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said by TigerLord  :AT&T's point of view makes sense, saying Internet is already fast enough. They should invest in maintaining a network capable of handling unthrolled connections with a higher cap. AT&T is saying today that there is no need to upgrade their network because it's already capable of handling the traffic users need.
Just wait and see- in a year they will come back and say they can't handle the traffic "due to file sharing activity" so they have to throttle everyone.
Instead of investing in development of their existing network to provide users with the speeds they WILL NEED for tomorrow's technologies, they decided to play grouch. The only ones who will pay for it are the customers. Those that aren't lucky enough to have another provider in their area, that is.
Current AT&T management is horrible. They treat both their employees AND their customers like crap. I'm stuck with AT&T and Comcrap where I live, but you know what- I'd take Comcast over AT&T these days. Sad. |
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