Posted 11/18/2009 at 07:27:13pm

Putting aside the fact the the fool from the school reposted the comment.

 When you get down to it, it was Kurt that is in the wrong.  I would think its safe to say that on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch web site, when posting a comment as an anonymous poster. They agree to keep your info jus that "anonymous".  Not only has he violated the privacy of the poster but he has done a big discredit to the paper it self.

If I were the poster I would sue the paper for those reasons and have Kurt fired as well.  Then see what his smile looks like after that.

The fact is if you tell posters that they can be anonymous then you better keep your word.  All Kurt needed to do to keep his feeling from being hurt was to ban the IP.

Posted 08/26/2009 at 07:22:08pm

I live in oregon and have been very happy with Comcast.  I pay for their 22 Mbps service and always get at least 23 Mpbs.  I can go to sites like fileplanet and download file from them and max out my bandwitdh.  Thats great.  I can even stream movie from Netflixs at 22 Mbps.  I thnk Comcast does need work in some areas.

I find this study to be a load of crap.  In Oregon alone comcast offers speeds up to 50 Mbps and even in washington I know they offer the same. Hell my father has the 50 Mbps service for his work.

Posted 07/02/2009 at 01:59:20pm

One of the reason this would have been a problem before is for privacy implications.  If you are using the cable providers servers for your DVR service then they will know what and how long you are watching programs.  Also networks don't make money on the programs that they make for you to watch.  It's the 15 mins of ads you watch during the program that generates their income.  If the network can't make sure that your forced to watch the ads then why would a company want to buy ads space with them.

Posted 04/17/2009 at 02:25:38pm

Great job to Sweden to screwing over the rest of the world with this verdict.  If this verdict does not get smacked down then they have just paved the way for media group to sue ISP’s.  After all according to this verdict the ISP provides the bandwidth for which everyone gets their illegal content from.

Sweden could end up forcing ISP’s to monitor the type of traffic on their pipes and order to protect themselves from law suits like this.

People should sue Sweden from vehicle hit-and-runs because Sweden provided the roads that they are getting ran over on.

Posted 12/25/2008 at 02:18:17am

	

	
A government project like this will do nothing for the economy except make it worse for everyone.  44 billion is not even close to the amount of money that would be needed to build that type of infrastructure.  Just ask verizon what they are spending to build their FIOS network.  Heck, Verizon isn't even building their FIOS into ever neighbor hood.  Their just building out the areas that they think will pay for the service.  ISP's are already building and upgrading new technology as it is.  The reason you have areas in the U.S. Right now that don't have broadband service is because the cost to build out to these remote area's is to high for the subscriptions that they wouldn't generate.  If the government builds it's own network you would pay a higher rate than you pay right now for your internet because your paying for everyone in the nation to have it.  Just remember that the infrastructure that your internet is on isn't free to maintain and cost money every day. Being FORCED to pay for hundreds of miles of fiber and cable to service just a couple of people is stupid.  If you want the  government to get involved than thats just what you'll get.  Let the private companies do the good job that their already doing. Competition is what makes things better not the government.  Just look at Comcast.  Just this month they have started doubling everyone's internet speeds city by city at no extra cost.  Do you understand why yet? It's because of competition.  

 

Here is a little food for thought. People always say that if you don't like the way a company does something than vote with your wallet.  Well if the company that is providing the service to you is the government your SOL.  In the end they always get their money from you.