[BC] Our Worst Nightmare - on the way

[Jerry Mathis]

I've always heard that Government is the big impetus in providing broadband
communications to the great unwashed. Outdated Rules, Protective Rules,
et.al.. This is why, internationally, the U.S. is ranked **15th** in having
broadband access (South Korea is #1).

The Greatest Lie Ever Told: "We're from the Government, and we're here to
help you."

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Jerry Mathis

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Harold Hallikainen <harold at hallikainen.com
> wrote:

>
> > To my knowlege they HAVEN'T reduced the rates at Sprint for the not
> > unlimited data service.  The sad thing is they don't give a person the
> > option of getting truely unlimited at any cost.
>
> Though less expensive than in the past, bandwidth is still not free. I
> doubt anyone could afford to really sell unlimited usage. I guess, though,
> that since the pipe does not handle an unlimited data rate, they could
> just charge for the maximum number of bits you could shove down the pipe
> in a month.
>
> Telephone companies pay per minute charges to the carrier that terminates
> the call to the number being called. It's interesting when the person
> making the call has "flat rate" service and these charges exceed what the
> flat rate payer pays in a month. Through a billing mess up years ago, I
> got to see these charges. They were several times my monthly bill because
> the local telco had to pay another local telco where the ISP modems were
> located. That sort of arrangement could clearly not continue.
>
> Harold
>
>