tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post7281642819971930085..comments2024-03-29T05:35:38.965-04:00Comments on HMS Defiant: BUT SPEAK HIS NAME AND THE DEVIL APPEARSHMS Defianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-69965815183930662952014-11-11T11:23:44.762-05:002014-11-11T11:23:44.762-05:00No no. I moved many times. Each move occasioned th...No no. I moved many times. Each move occasioned the changing of my ISP because any given ISP back then had exclusivity and there was zero competition for my ISP needs. You got to choose from a variety of 1. That was the heavy hand of regulators at the city level. If we let the national level enjoy the same sort of contempt for the consumer the courts will get involved. It will take decades to get to where South Korea was 10 years ago when it was offering anybody/everybody gigabit speeds because competition.<br /><br />All those emails under earthlink or netcom or a host of others are gone because when I moved, I had to change ISPs. It's as well. I see that even blogger has lost my old posts.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-42515434835241540132014-11-11T09:09:25.381-05:002014-11-11T09:09:25.381-05:00I have mixed emotions about this. On the one hand...I have mixed emotions about this. On the one hand I'm philosophically opposed to anything but the lightest of regulation by our kind and benevolent gub'mint. On the other I find the concept of "internet fast lanes"... at extra cost, of course... abhorrent. So I suppose we should just go with the status quo.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.com