[nylug-talk] Broadband withIP addresses

[Joshua Zeidner]

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Ruben Safir <ruben at mrbrklyn.com> wrote:

>  thanks.  The only problem here is that I'd rather choke on a chicken
>  bone and die than use Verizon..
>
>  those SOB's have been choking off the NYC economy for more than a decade
>  with their refusal to open up OUR infrastructure.  First they install
>  fiber everywhere, and then they refuse to sell the bandwidth.  Then
>  they get this crackpot idea to rip up all the fiber and sell DSL.

  A few years ago I had a run in on a public list with a ex-radio show
host who had been presumably employed by Verizon to argue against
municipal networking.  I would link into it, but it requires joining
the AZIPA yahoo group.  The tact and guile of this character was
utterly astounding.  Verizon is close kin to At&t, "mother of all
telecoms", and I would suspect is in on the whole surveillance thing.

  And keep in mind, they didn't just build the fiber on their own
coin.  They did it with yours!  kinda gives you that warm and fuzzy
feeling doesn't it?

  I've noticed your spelling is much more conformist these days... did
you install a spell checker? ;)

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