Update: My landline is out and I can't get a technician out here until the 26th? Wow, my piece of shit cell phone should be oodles of fun to make the Christmas Day calls on.
Every time it rains these ancient phone lines go out, and mine is out. In other fun news, if you access the internet via cell phone get ready to be reamed some more by Corporate Amurika.:
AT&T, Comcast Must Treat Web Traffic Equally as FCC Passes Neutrality Rule
By Todd Shields - Dec 21, 2010 11:22 AM PT
"The Federal Communications Commission approved the so- called net-neutrality rules by a vote of three to two today. Supporters argued that Internet providers, which also own some of the content they deliver online, may interfere with videos and services owned by others such as Google Inc.
The agency also affirmed that providers may charge subscribers based on how much data they consume. The pricing issue has become more important as companies including Netflix Inc. stream movies and other data-hungry content over the Web."
Net neutrality? More like neutered neutrality.
By David Gewirtz | December 21, 2010, 11:47am PST
"My take: like the health care bill, this is an area that desperately needed quality government attention. Instead, it got politicized, neutered, and gutted to the point where we might have actually been better off if they left the darned thing alone.
Aren’t politicians frickin’ wonderful?
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