I also wonder, and think, that there is not enough choice in cellco’s for the customers. I would change in a moment away from these greedy stupid corporate profiteers.

I hope that both Apple & ATT get a face-ful, no an entire three-piece pin-striped business suit-ful, of egg all over themselves on this & realize they are nothing without their clients, without our loyalty, without us.

I hope Android gets legs?

EVERY single time I talk to one of my non-geek friends about the latest trend or idea they tell me a) who the hell does that and b) why the hell would I want to do that

It is certainly clear that we are not the type of customers Clearwire wants nor cares about because our internet usage is obviously outside their secretly established parameters. I am certainly happy to take our business elsewhere.

Just by way of re-introduction if necessary, I’m probably a key figure
as to why we’re all talking about Network Neutrality again. I was having a
problem uploading on Gnutella in early 2007. I tracked it down to
Comcast using Sandvine-injected RST packets and documented it. Blog
stories led to press stories which led to independent confirmation.
And here we are today.

Today Comcast and BitTorrent seems to have solved world hunger — and
I’d love nothing more than to be optimistic about it. But I cannot
be. As they say on Slashdot — show video, or it didn’t happen. This
deal is treachery, relies on how much we can trust the word of
Comcast, and leaves the public interests out in the cold.

I think it’s strange that anyone believes a word that Comcast says.
This is the Comcast that:

1. Told the FCC in 2005 that they would not degrade traffic in order
to convince the FCC that network neutrality regulations were not
needed. They told the Justice Committee the same thing in 2006.

2. Started degrading P2P traffic in 2006, and failed to
tell anyone what they were doing.

3. Used a system that utilized forgery, and successfully placed blame
on the other peer instead of Comcast.

4. Denied it when caught.

5. Then changed their story when the denials were not believed, but
still never came out and said what they were doing.

6. Then they justified their actions by throwing their other
Cable-Internet brothers and sisters under the bus with their “they do
it too!” defense

7. Then stealthily changed the AUP days before an FCC filing where
they referred to the new provisions.

8. When the changed AUP started getting press attention, they stated
that a prominent story on Comcast.net alerted millions of visitors of
the change and accused Marvin Ammori of crying wolf. (Google cache
proved that nothing alerted users to the changed AUP until the day
after the press started asking questions.)

9. Then they packed the Harvard FCC hearing.

This company has not demonstrated that you can trust its promises, nor
can you believe its assertions. Comcast just used BitTorrent Inc. as a
tool to try and defang the FCC.

BitTorrent Inc. is a content provider. Vuze, who actually DID make a
complaint and petition to the FCC, is a competitor. Neither
BitTorrent, Vuze, nor Comcast represents the interests of 12 million
Comcast users nor the The Internet Society nor the public. And this
middle-of-the-night deal was made without their input.

Nothing has changed. The RST interference continues. It was a wrongful
act. BitTorrent Inc. has no right making a deal with Comcast allowing
it to continue to commit wrongful acts until it finally decides it is
ready to stop. The correct relief is to stop the interference
immediately and to FULLY DISCLOSE what it did and to accept
responsibility for those actions. (Even today, Comcast’s Policy VP
refused to answer questions about the interference.)

Their word is worthless. Until the interference stops, I have no
reason to believe it will. Until either meaningful competition returns
to broadband, or until sufficient government regulation enforces
Network Neutrality, we have no reason to think that this agreement
will last through the night.

Robb Topolski

http://www.technologyreview.com/Wire/20483/?nlid=970

Freedom aint free, brutha.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeha!

sj0beck

iTunes is meant to be compared against Zune software. Any other comparison is false! False! Microsoft wins! YEAHHHHHHHHHHH!

Oh wait. Right.
Let’s actually hire some outside UI people test stuff and tell us what they think and then do something with it!

We’re all dead in 20 years….

You could almost search & replace ‘Microsoft’ with ‘Orange’ or ‘France Telecom’ and the article would read like the last few years of my career.

Seems dominance tends to conservatism…next up Google?

Go placidly amid the noise and waste,
And remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep.
Rotate your tires.
Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself,
And heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys.
Know what to kiss, and when.
Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but that three do.
Wherever possible, put people on hold.
Be comforted that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment,
and despite the changing fortunes of time,
There is always a big future in computer maintenance.

You are a fluke of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
And whether you can hear it or not,
The universe is laughing behind your back.

Remember The Pueblo.
Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle, and mutilate.
Know yourself.
If you need help, call the FBI.
Exercise caution in your daily affairs,
Especially with those persons closest to you -
That lemon on your left, for instance.
Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls
Would scarcely get your feet wet.
Fall not in love therefore. It will stick to your face.
Gracefully surrender the things of youth: birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan.
And let not the sands of time get in your lunch.
Hire people with hooks.
For a good time, call 606-4311. Ask for Ken.
Take heart in the deepening gloom
That your dog is finally getting enough cheese.
And reflect that whatever fortune may be your lot,
It could only be worse in Milwaukee.

You are a fluke of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
And whether you can hear it or not,
The universe is laughing behind your back.

Therefore, make peace with your god,
Whatever you perceive him to be - hairy thunderer, or cosmic muffin.
With all its hopes, dreams, promises, and urban renewal,
The world continues to deteriorate.

Give up!

You are a fluke of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
And whether you can hear it or not,
The universe is laughing behind your back.

I would imagine that a large company like Microsoft encourages or at least tolerates a fair amount of lateral movement. Maybe there’s something inside Microsoft more suited to your desires?

And I don’t care which network the next great show turns up on - hits and duds seem to come pretty evenly across the networks (though Cable networks generally do better).

So, in general, I agree - the key is “discovery” - the “networks” should focus on discovering the gestalt of what sort of TV people are interested in and engage them very actively throughout the TV watching experience. And I think the topical/focused networks like SciFi, Comedy Channel, MTV, etc are in a much better position to know their viewers than the broadcast networks which still seem stuck on the myth that the only way to succeed is to try to appeal to everyone (and therefore appeal to no-one).