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liberalmuse

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4. Land of the corporate-owned slaves...

Reply to dmosh42 (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 1, 2014, 09:48 AM

Sep 2014

And home of the imperialist, saber-rattling warmongers.

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why is internet so goddamn expensive in this country.. [View all] srican69 Sep 2014 OP

We're in 'corporate' USA. No longer "home of the brave", but ass-kissers haven! dmosh42 Sep 2014 #1

Land of the corporate-owned slaves... liberalmuse Sep 2014 #4

or 'saber rattling chicken-hawks'! dmosh42 Sep 2014 #15

Virtual monopolies. Thom Hartman talks about how incredibly inexpensive telecom GoneFishin Sep 2014 #2

I doubt you can get fibre speeds for £15 a month Spider Jerusalem Sep 2014 #3

my speed is 25 Mbps . not a big deal really.nt srican69 Sep 2014 #55

I've been thinking the same thing, srican mike dub Sep 2014 #5

See my post #6 below, NC is involved n/t JHB Sep 2014 #9

Thanks JHB! mike dub Sep 2014 #13

Monopolies, amd they want to keep it that way. See related post... JHB Sep 2014 #6

Since when do they care what taxpayers pay? AllyCat Sep 2014 #23

It's "unregulated" monopolies! By deregulation phone and cable tv service in the 1980's and 1990's SharonAnn Sep 2014 #33

All utilities should be delivered as part of what we get for taxes Boreal Sep 2014 #49

I just fought with my cable company yesterday. JaneyVee Sep 2014 #7

You are in ....Manhattan? dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #28

Are you with Comcast? SomethingFishy Sep 2014 #37

In USA, Inc., you are just a lowly disgruntled employee with no right to grievance RKP5637 Sep 2014 #8

It cost me 50 bucks a month plus the 20 the land line cost me for a total of 70 bucks madokie Sep 2014 #10

Mine is supposed to be $35 phone + $35 internet = $70, but plus taxes = $85 indie9197 Sep 2014 #52

The first honest cable company woo me with science Sep 2014 #11

+1000. Good One that I musta missed. Thanks for posting! adirondacker Sep 2014 #14

omg. its funny cos its true! Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #17

Boom! So true!!! nt valerief Sep 2014 #24

Hahahahaha! pa28 Sep 2014 #47

I have 3MB DSL because that's all that's available out here madville Sep 2014 #12

We live in the sticks. Satellite, cell or dial-up (haha!) are our only options. phylny Sep 2014 #16

That would be the solution TexasProgresive Sep 2014 #25

What my monthly bill looks like :( dickthegrouch Sep 2014 #18

"Service Protection Plan $3.99" ?? n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2014 #20

makes me want to cry. Voice for Peace Sep 2014 #22

I think that's protection from the mob dickthegrouch Sep 2014 #35

Have you checked the indie ISPs? There are a lot of them on the east coast Recursion Sep 2014 #19

Because governmental units granted so many companies area monopolies. n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2014 #21

Government sanctioned monopoly. elleng Sep 2014 #26

I recently let a glib salesperson talk me out of my AT&T DSL and land line phone to 1monster Sep 2014 #27

crapitalism. pansypoo53219 Sep 2014 #29

And slow, too. n/t DirkGently Sep 2014 #30

Don't worry, Obama's got this - Tom Wheeler is FCC Chairman he is very, very, very whereisjustice Sep 2014 #31

Our internet is $47 for 26MB/4MB, 250MB usage cap Holly_Hobby Sep 2014 #32

Wow! What a miniscule cap. No streaming of anything, huh? eom TransitJohn Sep 2014 #36

We stream Roku, but only use about 100MB per month... Holly_Hobby Sep 2014 #41

I use over 250Mb / month just on my phone using Outlook, only TransitJohn Sep 2014 #42

I don't have a smart phone... Holly_Hobby Sep 2014 #45

That's not really germane to the point I was making, though TransitJohn Sep 2014 #46

All true, but we don't watch movies Holly_Hobby Sep 2014 #51

Then why dare you paying for Netflix? TransitJohn Sep 2014 #54

Sounds a lot like me marle35 Sep 2014 #50

Infrastructure fight daredtowork Sep 2014 #34

you raise an excellent and important point whereisjustice Sep 2014 #48

I thought San Francisco was about to do something like this daredtowork Sep 2014 #56

I think it's idiotic that municipalities don't just set up their own communications infrastructure DJ13 Sep 2014 #53

I saw in another thread daredtowork Sep 2014 #57

Why, don't you know it's the free market faerie at work? n/t markpkessinger Sep 2014 #38

A few companies with virtual monopolies price fixing... or at least agreeing to not have a price war JCMach1 Sep 2014 #39

same reason our healthcare is so expensive. It's been sold to psychopaths Doctor_J Sep 2014 #40

GREED! Profit over people. L0oniX Sep 2014 #43

I know NetZero Shankapotomus Sep 2014 #44