Oh, I've read some stuff about Qwest before, and I know ALL about ATT. But on the otherhand, you want an inefficient government (even moreso than an inept Qwest) to regulate (make more efficient) Qwest? Something doesn't seem right about that. Pot calling kettle black or something along those lines.... :eek:

I like it. I think it's a good idea.

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People need to live around the world* a bit and then feel free to comment on what works and what doesn't work. Not read about it on the internet. Not watch it on television. Live it, experience it. I know for a fact that the quality of life in Finland is above and beyond what passes for quality of life in America. And no, having a big screen TV, A car and a house that you pay for monthly, going out to chain restaurants at a f*cking strip mall to throw sh*t, mass produced, hormone laced food down your neck on a Friday night isn't quality of life. Neither is catching a game on teeee veeee. Neither is watching American Idle (SP!), getting drunk with your sh*t useless friends and whining about your miserable job which brings you money to pay off all the toys you think you own.

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I've got friends I work with in Finland and Sweden who are both multi-multi millionaires and they weren't stopped by any slight socialist leanings. I mean, true, the national average intelligence and intellect over there is a lot higher than here in the US of A so it takes a little more work than just spelling your name correctly to stick out and be brilliant.

People can truly thrive over there if they're good enough. Those who aren't good enough, don't. Just like here. Only difference in Finland is that they're just not chasing the dream of working a job they resent paying for toys they don't need. They're not unhealthy, obese and toothless, yet still somehow brainwashed into thinking that state supplied health care is Marxist (Most people can't even define what that means without consulting Wiki, or more likely Conservo first. Most didn't even know the name existed until Faux news started spewing it out), despite it helping them and being one less worry on their already full plate.

You shouldn't base your opinions on government in other countries on the incompetent sh*tstorm of idiocy in America. Some places are slightly more competent. Like I said, the national intelligence is higher and the people aren't as willfully ignorant.

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But, enough of my jaw balling. I've got an elitist fair trade latte to drink before it gets cold. After that, I'm not going to a bowling alley.

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*Living on a base doesn't qualify because they wipe your arse, feed you and do your thinking for you. And before anybody starts whoopin' and hollerin', I've been posted as an officer in various locations throughout the world, but I've also got out there and lived in and integrated with various countries and cultures for real.

I guess I'll go eat worms then.

They will only charge what people are willing to pay. If it's too much... cancel your service. If enough people do this, prices will go down. Now if you need internet for a business, the best you can do is deduct the cost from your taxes. But it does little good to complain and then fork over the money!

It's an across-the-board problem. Access fees for cellular, Internet, television, phone are ALL too expensive in this country. But I guess that's what cut-throat capitalism and local monopolization gets you :rolleyes:

If even 1 more cable company did business in my location (it's just Comcast for us), then I guarantee prices would drop 25% due to the competition. Same for phone companies. Legislation was passed quite a while back that made it illegal for a phone company to only offer 1 ISP through their central hub, if others wanted to provide service there. Doesn't matter, though. Our phone company here is Qwest, therefore your phone-line-based Internet will be Qwest as well, unless you go shop around yourself.

It's quite ridiculous. The only place where true competition is allowed is with satellite television access.

Shhh... let all the factory workers wave their fists in rage at unions while the elderly demand the gov't stay out of their medicare etc... -- many Americans think with their guts, which are considered by to be far superior at information processing than the gelatanous lumps inside their skulls :icon17: