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To: AmonAmarth

Ha ha. I have heard this all before. There are enough outlets now, that unlimited plans will expand, NOT contract. I remember AOL resisting unlimited dial-up hours. I also remember paying by the minute for Compuserve and Delphi.

Comcast can do what it wants. The DSL providers and others will provide the bandwidth over time to win customers. The cable companies always treat broadband like the unwanted step-child anyway. Until they learn, they will pay, by losing customers.


5 posted on 05/19/2012 6:20:32 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: Dr. Sivana

” I remember AOL resisting unlimited dial-up hours. “

I remember AOL using up all of my “free” minutes with every-other-day update downloads (2-3 hours each @ 1200 bpm)... I dropped them as soon as MSN came on with their unlimited plan...


8 posted on 05/19/2012 6:26:15 PM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Cable is the reason we have the Matthews and Oprahs , every Patriot should cancel it. I wish my Wife would agree..


12 posted on 05/19/2012 6:38:23 PM PDT by omega4179 ( el 0bama comió un perro)
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To: Dr. Sivana

The model of capitalism is that occasionally people find a way to steal stuff (shun pikes) until the technology of pricing catches up. For some time, Hollywood could reap excessive prices by monopolizing distribution. Now it has swung thevother way. But even someone like futurist George Gilder would admit that sooner or later the market (and content CREATORS) will find a way to get paid or they will Atlas Shrugged ).


60 posted on 05/20/2012 5:18:19 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually (Hendrix))
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