10-21-2009, 12:40 AM
wow - anything that AT&T, Verizon and Comcast agree on cannot be good for the consumer.
Not all companies are ruining this country. Regulations that grant monopolies ruin our country.
There is no worse technology in my house than my ridiculous cable box. And I have no functional leverage to replace it if I want to see my local baseball team on tv, let alone true premium channels like HBO. This appliance has an off button - that does not lower its power consumption by even 1 watt! It's huge, hot, ugly and really does not work well at all.
Telephones were the same way until the Carter decision. Cell phones were basically the same way until the iPhone broke the carrier monopoly thru innovation. Now there are an array of new, iPhone-like phones on their way. The carriers are now a commodity.
AT&T, Verizon and Comcast all want to block the development of new internet devices - ironically like the iPhone.
Not all companies are ruining this country. Regulations that grant monopolies ruin our country.
There is no worse technology in my house than my ridiculous cable box. And I have no functional leverage to replace it if I want to see my local baseball team on tv, let alone true premium channels like HBO. This appliance has an off button - that does not lower its power consumption by even 1 watt! It's huge, hot, ugly and really does not work well at all.
Telephones were the same way until the Carter decision. Cell phones were basically the same way until the iPhone broke the carrier monopoly thru innovation. Now there are an array of new, iPhone-like phones on their way. The carriers are now a commodity.
AT&T, Verizon and Comcast all want to block the development of new internet devices - ironically like the iPhone.