Re: The government is the freaking dragon.
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I'm amused by the other side. AT&T and Verizon arguing that the rule is archaic, 1930s and so on--- .
Now, seriously. Left to their own devices, AT&T and the telcos in general have to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the modern age. If they had had their way--- say, if AT&T hadn't been broken up several years back-- right now you'd be lucky to have touch-tone phones, we'd still all have landlines as our ONLY phones, and the Internet as we know it---- fergidaboudit, it wouldna happened the way it is today. It would still be largely the big universities and the military, and then only because they have the capacity to set up their own system.
I think this because of the glacial speed which AT&T spreads U-Verse here. Comcast has had something much faster for a loooong time, AT&T can only be dragged into getting U-Verse into the neighborhoods and when you finally DO get it---- it's just not as fast as Comcast's offering. If AT&T didn't have to compete with Comcast at all--- say, if cable companies couldn't offer phone service--- well, I think you can figure it out.
So, telcos---- tell me AGAIN about how the FCC rules are archaic. It's YOU who want to return us to 1960s technology--- let's face it, upgrading equipment to 2015 standards is expensive, and if you don't have to do it--- say, by forcing a two or three tiered plan that gives some "high speed" while forcing others to dial-up speeds--- you save money on infrastructure.