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madokie

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1. We're paying 80 bucks a month for 7 mbps

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 05:31 AM

Mar 2013

60 bucks for the internet service and 20 bucks for the land line that we don't use but have to have in order to get internet from these ripoffs. Fairpoint sucks bigtime
Yeah you could say I want some of that gigabit speed. The thing is Google has a data center two miles down the road from me but somehow fairpoint doesn't allow any competition in our little town. Its fairpoint or cable or nothing.

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You Don�t Want Super-High-Speed Internet, Says Time Warner Cable [View all] struggle4progress Mar 2013 OP

We're paying 80 bucks a month for 7 mbps madokie Mar 2013 #1

Are you sure? brooklynite Mar 2013 #16

I'm positive madokie Mar 2013 #20

I get my internet through Time Warner Cable. SunSeeker Mar 2013 #2

DSL crawls compared to cable internet Warpy Mar 2013 #3

Irene Esteves can join the rest of the dumb predictors of technology yends21012 Mar 2013 #4

The last two were probably accurate at the time Renew Deal Mar 2013 #21

Nobody needs more than 640K of RAM. Scuba Mar 2013 #5

Nobody will even want computers at work, let alone in their home. TheManInTheMac Mar 2013 #6

Precisely. Hugin Mar 2013 #12

Translation: We don't want you streaming our shit. redgreenandblue Mar 2013 #7

or --- there isn't enough money in it out in the country underpants Mar 2013 #13

It is the old timdog44 Mar 2013 #8

These idiots are running and ruining the country. Rain Mcloud Mar 2013 #9

It is time for a National Internet Cooperative owned by the people that use it. Agony Mar 2013 #10

How refreshing, a corporation telling us what we DON'T want. liberal N proud Mar 2013 #11

Actually, this might be good news - it's a sign prices might be coming down. reformist2 Mar 2013 #14

Perhaps. What we DO want is high speed internet WITHOUT land line based telecommunications... Earth_First Mar 2013 #15

Does Time Warner Aerows Mar 2013 #17

that would require spending money the execs would rather have end up in their pockets. KG Mar 2013 #18

Time Warner is probably right about this for now Renew Deal Mar 2013 #19

they love to keep us a third world nation dembotoz Mar 2013 #22

I'm in KC and it isn't the "super fast" internet I'm interested in...... cbdo2007 Mar 2013 #23