I saw that crap. What they are trying to do is a typical protect the bottom line corporate dodge. And meanwhile the world marches further into the 21st century.
BTW Australia is implementing a national broadband network. So that whole size of the landmass b***s*** they are trying to use to redifine broadband is a bunch of hogwash. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@...> wrote: > > > BASTICHES. Screw us over at any turn, they will. > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody > hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > To: politicalpe...@yahoogroups.com > From: hellomahog...@... > Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 16:57:00 -0700 > Subject: [scifinoir2] comment: The FCC and broadband > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Broadband companies have been petitioning the FCC this week > to change the definition of what can be called "broadband." That means that > if they succeed that they can slow down the speed to 128k and still call it > broadband. It is possible that ATT, Comcast and others are trying to change > the definition so they don't have to spend money bringing broadband to rural > customers. Many of whom don't receive anything or very slow dialup. This way > they can squeak by and pocket the rest of the money that Obama is offering > them. > > > Meanwhile in Japan and Europe they have 80megbits per second speeds. Did you > know that we are ranked at 19th in the world for internet speed? > > Here is a video on it: > http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/theloop/68292/FCC-Broadband-Speed-Limit-Debate.html > > -- > Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. > http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=PID23391::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HYGN_faster:082009 >
