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3721.
by treis 9y ago
Calling people morons isn't being confrontational. It's being an asshole.
3722.
by treis 9y ago
Some of these community fiber networks also do financing with a balloon payment at the end of 20 years. That makes them look cash flow neutral or positive on an annual basis while they are actually losing significant money.
3723.
by treis 9y ago
It seems unlikely that logging out doesn't destroy the data stored on that system. Of course, the data still exists somewhere, but that particular raid is likely thwarted. If it were any company other than Uber I'd say this woul
3724.
by treis 9y ago
Isn't it the opposite? A new ISP competing is presented as something noteworthy and unusual. That's exactly what we would expect to see in an environment of crippled investment.
3725.
by treis 9y ago
What does Net Neutrality have to do with your story?
3726.
by treis 9y ago
I think you missed the point about the local vs international services. AirBNB has potential competitors, but effectively those competitors need to have an international or at least national scope. AirBnB makes most of its money on touris
3727.
by treis 9y ago
This is like saying you can't lend out a dollar bill you don't have. It's strictly true, but doesn't accurately represent how the banking system work. The $1,000 dollars in my Charles Schwab account don't correspo
3728.
by treis 9y ago
Yeah, I'm sure it's cheaper in other areas. It's mostly just an observation. I wonder what sort of profitability companies like this have and how it would compare to someone's salary that manages a department of ~20.
3729.
by treis 9y ago
Ok, I'm still not sure what your point is here. Even if we use a higher limit my statement that most Americans have at least two companies to choose from is accurate.
3730.
by treis 9y ago
Why not? If Fedex wants to be stupid and charge Netflix exorbitant fees while giving stuff to Blockbuster for free why should we stop them?
3731.
by treis 9y ago
From your own cite: >At download speeds of 3 megabits per second (Mbps), which is the Federal Communications Commission’s current approximate standard for basic broadband service, 98 percent of the population had a choice of at least two
3732.
by treis 9y ago
See this is the problem with the pro NN side. It's littered with factual inaccuracies and outright lies. ISPs, in the US at least, have not agreed to not compete with each other and there's no regional monopolies. The majority
3733.
by treis 9y ago
I wonder how profitable these I make $X,XXX,XXX in revenue and here's how type posts are. I counted 17 people in one of their pictures and if you assume they cost $100,000 each, that's $1,700,000 in salary cost alone. Then there
3734.
by treis 9y ago
Why not? Why shouldn't the best usage of a limited resource be determined by who is willing to pay the most money? Does this extend to other industries? Should we force Fedex/UPS to ship at one speed only?
3735.
by treis 9y ago
How is any company going to win over Amazon with Prime free shipping and 2 hour delivery? Being a big incumbent comes with advantages in every market. Even with Net Neutrality and no zero rating, how are you going to come in and beat Netfl