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LiberalArkie

(19,758 posts) Thu Feb 26, 2015, 05:03 PM Feb 2015

Verizon issues furious response to FCC, in Morse code, dated 1934 [View all]

http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/02/verizon-issues-furious-response-to-fcc-in-morse-code-dated-1934/

Verizon is just so mad at the Federal Communications Commission today that a normal press release wouldn't do.

After all, Verizon issues so many press releases denouncing the FCC for trying to regulate telecommunications that today's vote on net neutrality required a special one to make sure it would be remembered.

So Verizon wrote it in Morse code and set the date as "1934" to make the point that the FCC is taking us backward in time. Verizon sent out the press release in this e-mail:

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Verizon issues furious response to FCC, in Morse code, dated 1934 [View all] LiberalArkie Feb 2015 OP

"How *dare* we not get the government we've already paid for!!" villager Feb 2015 #1

Awww... Poor (cry)babies! arcane1 Feb 2015 #2

Fifty years before deregulation. lpbk2713 Feb 2015 #3

..-. ..- -.-. -.- / -.-- --- ..- / ...- . .-. .. --.. --- -. nt tridim Feb 2015 #4

LOL, great minds think alike. FSogol Feb 2015 #6

I think we used the same translator. :) tridim Feb 2015 #8

I knew it as a kid (wanted a radio license), but can't remember a bit of it these days FSogol Feb 2015 #9

You do not need to know CW any more , and the tests are multiple choice LiberalArkie Feb 2015 #27

I don't know Morse Code but I know what you said without even looking, lol. nt ChisolmTrailDem Feb 2015 #21

..-. ..- -.-. -.- / -.-- --- ..- / ...- . .-. .. --.. --- -. FSogol Feb 2015 #5

.. _. _ / .. _ _ .. / _ _ _ _ _ / _._ jmowreader Feb 2015 #29

This is nothing compared to what is going on with Wellstone ruled Feb 2015 #7

Um, Verizon Aerows Feb 2015 #10

meow2u3 to Verizon: The internet is a utility--deal with it! meow2u3 Feb 2015 #11

As a matter of fact, they will be able to chisel more money - this ruling makes djean111 Feb 2015 #26

Wait, this is for real? hahaha! joshcryer Feb 2015 #12

They've lost Aerows Feb 2015 #15

I was writing a reply but your will do, so +1! nt DawgHouse Feb 2015 #20

Is Morse Code still used? Renew Deal Feb 2015 #13

Check out reddit amateur radio. LiberalArkie Feb 2015 #16

That doesn't make me think it's the FCC that's outdated... JHB Feb 2015 #14

They burned themselves on their Aerows Feb 2015 #17

When I was shopping for high-speed internet in 2007, Verizon told me FIOS would soon be in my area Orrex Feb 2015 #18

.-. --- ..-. .-.. KamaAina Feb 2015 #19

..-. -.-. -.-. / .---- ... - / -.-. .-.. .- ... ... / .... . .-. . seveneyes Feb 2015 #22

Boo boo kitty. hifiguy Feb 2015 #23

Now lets get on re-regulating phones daredtowork Feb 2015 #24

Good idea handing basic wired service over to the Postal Service. lpbk2713 Feb 2015 #25

The internet was invented by the government using Lint Head Feb 2015 #28