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Network Guy

join:2000-08-25
New York
·PHONE POWER
·Broadvox Direct
·Verizon Online DSL

Yet another yuppie making mention

Broadband isn't a right nor is it a utility, it's a convenience and a valuable resource. If you cannot unplug yourself from the coax or the phone line to go about your daily business, you are in dire need of a life.



a

@qwest.net
broadband is a given, kind of like breathing.

bond787

join:2002-06-25
Guy
reply to Network Guy
Broadband must be shipper or free to everyone


FTCXtreme

join:2005-03-14
New Braintree, MA
reply to Network Guy
shipper?

Mordhem
Love it, Hate it.

join:2003-07-10
Baltimore, MD
when originally created it was to be free..


KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
reply to Network Guy
It's a luxury utility.

Last thing we want is it declared as a RIGHT, because that means people who refuse to pay for it will demand we pay for it for them.


91439306
15,000 Watts of Bass Power

join:2002-10-16
New Milford, CT

reply to Network Guy
Way back when, on the farm, we didn't have electricity, running water, and Television hadn't been invented yet. You got your water by a manual pump at the well, and you carried it in the house in buckets. We heated with wood that we chopped ourselves. We used candles and oil (hurricane) lanterns for light, but most activity ceased at dusk anyway.
Telephone? You went down to the General Store and used the phone there. There was no dial, no pushbuttons, either. You turned a crank. And a live person would come on the line and ask what party you wanted to reach.
Yep, telephone was a luxury, and so was electricity and running water. We lived just fine without them for the first 60,000,000 years of the human race.
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The Monkey
I like bananas
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join:2000-10-08
New York, NY
·RoadRunner Cable

reply to Network Guy
said by Network Guy See Profile:

Broadband isn't a right nor is it a utility, it's a convenience and a valuable resource. If you cannot unplug yourself from the coax or the phone line to go about your daily business, you are in dire need of a life.

What on earth are you talking about? Email and the telephone ARE daily business for most people. A job where you could unplug from both sounds like a luxury to me.
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The Monkey


golden eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
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On a cliff
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Oops wrong button ... sorry.


golden eagle
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Like Fire said ... shipper?
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