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redqueen

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16. Consumers have to walk. For mobile phones, just switch carriers.

Reply to randys1 (Original post)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 04:39 PM

Jun 2014

Cut off the cable. The only thing they care about is money.

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An example of how stupid we are and what we tolerate... [View all] randys1 Jun 2014 OP

Because the foxes are in charge of the henhouse CBGLuthier Jun 2014 #1

The question is about the behavior of the 312 million chickens, and why, with so many, they jtuck004 Jun 2014 #83

Well... Orrex Jun 2014 #2

Cant, doesnt exist, they have the only cell network that works to the degree randys1 Jun 2014 #3

You signed no agreement? You accepted no terms of use? Orrex Jun 2014 #6

What are you talking about? randys1 Jun 2014 #8

If you signed a contract, then you accepted the terms of that contract Orrex Jun 2014 #12

he's saying he had NO choice. Duppers Jun 2014 #23

But I find it hard to believe that. I live in a super rural area, truedelphi Jun 2014 #32

My late s-i-l lived in an area of AZ in which she could Cerridwen Jun 2014 #43

All of what you say is true, but it is also true that any area that doesn't now have reception truedelphi Jun 2014 #95

I've been fighting centurylink's congested traffic Cerridwen Jun 2014 #97

It could be that Arizona is rather restricted in such matters. truedelphi Jun 2014 #126

I pay only 15 dollars a month automatically deducted WHEN CRABS ROAR Jun 2014 #85

Really? yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #81

So, not having a phone is exactly the same as dying of thirst? Orrex Jun 2014 #115

I havent signed a contract with Verizon Go Vols Jun 2014 #53

No offense--but a cell phone is not one of life's necessities. panader0 Jun 2014 #82

I agree yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #4

Until we stop falling for divide-and-conquer tactics... polichick Jun 2014 #5

Exactly gopiscrap Jun 2014 #15

At some point the corporations will kill off consumer upaloopa Jun 2014 #7

Idiocracy, the movie...everyday it becomes more and more real randys1 Jun 2014 #10

I like the monologue Simon Pegg had at the end of The World's End *Spoiler* Initech Jun 2014 #57

yeah, good movie... randys1 Jun 2014 #58

While in general I agree, I don't think the cell service is a good example. hughee99 Jun 2014 #9

I paid for 4gbs and didnt get them, try doing that with anything else randys1 Jun 2014 #11

Not really, you paid for UP TO 4gb and didn't use them. hughee99 Jun 2014 #13

Dear god, forget it, seriously, forget it randys1 Jun 2014 #14

As I said. I agree that we get fucked in a lot of ways, hughee99 Jun 2014 #17

No, I didnt...actually it is a great example, given how EXTREMELY necessary it is randys1 Jun 2014 #20

Is 4gb of data necessary to survive? hughee99 Jun 2014 #25

if it's any consolation, i understand what you're saying. Duppers Jun 2014 #27

You didn't see that possibility when YOU signed the contract? Dreamer Tatum Jun 2014 #72

Not the point, if i wanted service i had to sign the contract, didnt I randys1 Jun 2014 #76

No. You could go contract-free. Dreamer Tatum Jun 2014 #78

You pay taxes for roads, if you don't use the roads in any given month do you get your taxes back? PoliticAverse Jun 2014 #19

Yeah, you are right...i give up, am I on the right board :-) amazing randys1 Jun 2014 #21

Frustratin' isn't it? Armstead Jun 2014 #60

Yup, as frustrated as I get here i do know most people are decent and well meaning randys1 Jun 2014 #61

I think it is a good example tkmorris Jun 2014 #54

There are options for cell service to pay as you go. hughee99 Jun 2014 #56

Consumers have to walk. For mobile phones, just switch carriers. redqueen Jun 2014 #16

I wish it was that easy with cell service, you see Verizon is slowly creating randys1 Jun 2014 #18

They're losing customers to T Mobile. redqueen Jun 2014 #22

Because people like you pay them! Egnever Jun 2014 #114

You want the government to be the only geek tragedy Jun 2014 #24

Good one, hadnt thought of that randys1 Jun 2014 #29

also, government sucks at providing a lot of services. geek tragedy Jun 2014 #31

Nah, you create not for profit entities and you do it with intelligent liberals randys1 Jun 2014 #36

monopolies provide shitty service. geek tragedy Jun 2014 #39

Too soon...I get it... randys1 Jun 2014 #44

i think it's a fallacy that good people perform well and bad people perform poorly geek tragedy Jun 2014 #45

Point is a con has no interest in the community as a whole, only for them self randys1 Jun 2014 #47

most people care about themselves moreso than they care about others. geek tragedy Jun 2014 #48

Huh? Nah, cons are assholes, liberals are not. A liberal can be an asshole in some randys1 Jun 2014 #49

Good hearts are not adequate substitutes geek tragedy Jun 2014 #51

It doesnt require a greedy asshole to create a highly functional operation like a water system randys1 Jun 2014 #52

Unfortunately rlegro Jun 2014 #110

So let's all just follow the lead of REagan and Faux News and become wingnuts Armstead Jun 2014 #62

No, of course not, there has to be a common sense balance. nt geek tragedy Jun 2014 #63

I agree with that Armstead Jun 2014 #65

the government's a lot better at regulating the private sector than it is geek tragedy Jun 2014 #66

I semi-agree with that one Armstead Jun 2014 #67

that's where I am, and really for me it's a matter mostly of who does it better, geek tragedy Jun 2014 #68

Yeah, and.... shit was GREAT when there was only one phone company. Warren DeMontague Jun 2014 #80

But they did come in different colors truedelphi Jun 2014 #96

"...And you knew who you werree thennn, goils were goils and men were men!" Warren DeMontague Jun 2014 #116

Translation: I don't like the phone contract I signed. FSogol Jun 2014 #26

I included water and oil and fuel and internet access, if i didnt include water it was randys1 Jun 2014 #30

One of these things is not like the others. FSogol Jun 2014 #38

So you support nationalization of necessities, which ones? randys1 Jun 2014 #50

I don't support nationalization of water, but water should be a local public resourse. FSogol Jun 2014 #89

For people without landlines it is tabbycat31 Jun 2014 #101

I'm happy with my $7/month tracfone and don't want to be forced to subsidize people with iphones. JVS Jun 2014 #28

Why is beer $9.99 a six pack? We should nationalize the microbreweries! FSogol Jun 2014 #33

6 Packs are not the Pennsylvanian way. JVS Jun 2014 #42

That won't fly in Az either panader0 Jun 2014 #84

Your disagreement makes sense, but when we nationalize everything you wont have randys1 Jun 2014 #34

Go TMobile LittleBlue Jun 2014 #35

Why are you against nationalization of necessities? randys1 Jun 2014 #37

Because your stupid phone isn't a necessity. FSogol Jun 2014 #40

Understood, you betcha... randys1 Jun 2014 #41

Seconded: you don't need your goddamn cell phone. Dreamer Tatum Jun 2014 #73

apples and oranges randys1 Jun 2014 #75

I think a good measuring stick of whether someone needs something Dreamer Tatum Jun 2014 #77

The Soviet Union tried that LittleBlue Jun 2014 #87

I will just talk to myself for a while randys1 Jun 2014 #46

Get a tracfone, use it for emergencies, and get off the phone as much as possible. MADem Jun 2014 #55

He managed without electricity, too. Or plumbing. Tap water. Cerridwen Jun 2014 #59

Well, FDR had the 20th Century versions of those things MADem Jun 2014 #99

The point was, there are certain modern technologies Cerridwen Jun 2014 #100

I know a LOT of people who do fine without a cellphone. MADem Jun 2014 #104

Yep. We live in a profit driven country. Cerridwen Jun 2014 #107

Well, I was paying the Japanese, the English, the Italians, everyone BUT the damn Americans! MADem Jun 2014 #108

Technology changed the way we do things. Cerridwen Jun 2014 #109

It costs money to deliver water to a residence. Cities and towns have a "Water Department" for a MADem Jun 2014 #113

no money, no water, just die and hope you dont spread disease...got it randys1 Jun 2014 #119

If you can't get your ass up and go to social services and get some assistance, or MADem Jun 2014 #120

did you find out how to survive and not die without water? randys1 Jun 2014 #121

Stop being obtuse--it's not cute, it makes you look like you're goading and baiting. MADem Jun 2014 #122

Some of the responses here sound quite.....er, conservative Armstead Jun 2014 #64

No shit, THANK YOU, thought I was dreaming for a minute randys1 Jun 2014 #70

That's a ridiculous misdirection Dreamer Tatum Jun 2014 #74

Cell phone service is the way it is because it is something close to a monopoly. alarimer Jun 2014 #69

You're right about cable, but with cellphones that's incorrect. JVS Jun 2014 #86

I say this everyday... jimlup Jun 2014 #71

Power and water should be provided by the state. Things like cell phone service, I'm not sure. n/t nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #79

What about necessities like Rocky Road ice cream and 5 Guys Burgers? FSogol Jun 2014 #90

That's why I suggested things like cell phone and cable TV service shouldn't be nationalized. nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #91

True, but I'd give up my phone faster than giving up ice cream. n/t FSogol Jun 2014 #92

Me too. A life without frozen dairy treats wouldn't be much of a life, for me personally. n/t nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #93

Why did you have to bring 5 guys into this? Egnever Jun 2014 #112

My guess is because Jamaal510 Jun 2014 #88

Why do you keep your cell service if you don't like the price? LLD Jun 2014 #94

you must live in a metropolitan area where more than one provider has excellent coverage randys1 Jun 2014 #98

Okay, I can understand. LLD Jun 2014 #118

Perhaps you should think a little harder about SheilaT Jun 2014 #102

I don't have a cell phone because of the cost. nilesobek Jun 2014 #103

I am always on the phone complaiing Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2014 #105

You can choose another company. Simple solution. No one forces you to use Verizon. n-t Logical Jun 2014 #106

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2014 #111

Everyone believes a PFD here in Alaska is a freebie...... raven mad Jun 2014 #117

IDK. I feel like we're all "stuck," you know. Like beaten down and stuck. WinkyDink Jun 2014 #123

Yes, we are...and we have been lied to about so much for so long randys1 Jun 2014 #124

You had me at "NOT for profit" yallerdawg Jun 2014 #125