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Technobarons of the 21st century (HR 5252 COPE)[A MUST READ!]
The Independent ^
| May 17, 2006
| Fiona Morgan
Posted on 05/17/2006 10:31:42 PM PDT by Cacique
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To: Jim Robinson
In the longterm this affects this website and it's ability to diseminate information.
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posted on
05/18/2006 3:48:40 AM PDT
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: Cacique
"The internet was built at taxpayer expense when it was the arpanet. While there is no doubdt that the telecom companies have spent large amounts on infrastructure, they have also benefited."
Not arguing with you just don't think a private company is the answer. The telecom companies are making huge amounts of money and that money is feeding into washinton. The corruption of Enron and Worldcom still exists in the telecom companies.
To: driftdiver
Yes and they will vote on it at 3 AM when we are all asleep. This is another boondogle like campaign finance reform which everyone said the SCOTUS would overturn. I am still waiting for that one.
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posted on
05/18/2006 3:51:10 AM PDT
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; alisasny; ALlRightAllTheTime; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; Angelwood; ...
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posted on
05/18/2006 4:38:07 AM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(One flag--American. One language--English. One allegiance--to America!)
To: Jim Robinson; Howlin; Peach; onyx; STARWISE; AliVeritas; Miss Marple
Have you heard anything about this?
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posted on
05/18/2006 4:43:40 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(God Bless those who serve..)
To: SE Mom
I hadn't heard of this and although I readily admit I don't understand key parts of the legislation and how this all works, it seems like a lot of freepers and others on the internet think this is a really dangerous and horrible thing for freedom of the net.
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posted on
05/18/2006 5:34:50 AM PDT
by
Peach
(DICC's - doing the work for the DNC)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
05/18/2006 6:28:14 AM PDT
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: Cacique
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posted on
05/18/2006 6:28:44 AM PDT
by
khnyny
To: khnyny
Thanks, I wish more people were aware what our congress criters are up to.
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posted on
05/18/2006 6:39:27 AM PDT
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: khnyny
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posted on
05/18/2006 6:40:06 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(God Bless those who serve..)
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
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posted on
05/18/2006 6:44:28 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Cacique
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posted on
05/18/2006 6:48:35 AM PDT
by
roaddog727
(eludium PU36 explosive space modulator)
To: A. Pole
I'd appreciate it if you could ping your ping list.
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posted on
05/18/2006 6:52:29 AM PDT
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: Cacique
I'd appreciate it if you could ping your ping list. I already used up my self-imposed daily ping limit :) But I hope that this response will be noticed.
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posted on
05/18/2006 7:17:10 AM PDT
by
A. Pole
(GWB believes that "guest worker" program will satisfy economy needs for cheap and plentiful labour.)
To: Cacique
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posted on
05/18/2006 7:20:53 AM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(One flag--American. One language--English. One allegiance--to America!)
To: A. Pole
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posted on
05/18/2006 7:29:20 AM PDT
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
To: Cacique
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posted on
05/18/2006 9:32:00 AM PDT
by
evilC
(Call me Krusty)
To: N3WBI3; ShadowAce; Tribune7; frogjerk; Salo; LTCJ; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; amigatec; Fractal Trader; ..
![](http://www.opensource.org/trademarks/opensource/web/opensource-110x95.gif)
OSS PING
If you are interested in the OSS ping list please mail me
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posted on
05/18/2006 9:39:33 AM PDT
by
N3WBI3
("I can kill you with my brain" - River Tam)
To: traviskicks
There is no such thing as 'price gouging' or 'monopolies' There are monopolies, but they aren't necessarily a bad thing. What's bad, and illegal, is the abuse of monopoly power. That's what Rockefeller did, and what Microsoft did.
"Price gouging" is, of course, simply the free market at work. If gas stations keep prices normal in times of high demand (Katrina), they run out of gas. If they set the price high, then not everybody fills up their tank and there's gas for more people. IOW, "price gouging" is a natural counter to short-term runs on a commodity.
To: evilC
For the "other side" to this you can read these articles: Google and others may be argued, but Skype is a real sticking point. Sprint offers VOIP, and requiring Skype to pay extra to offer their VOIP is anticompetitive.
For the rest, this is simply greed. Telcos already get paid by Google et. al. to push traffic out, and telcos already get paid by the consumers to take traffic in. If they're hurting for money to cover infrastructure, then those rates simply need to go up.
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