Clickbait.
"displaying popup and clicking OK to dismiss" is not as harmful as blocking the internet.
They control all the traffic anyway...
CenturyLink is blocking customer internet, saying Utah legislators told them to
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Re: CenturyLink is blocking customer internet, saying Utah legislators told them to
#292Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you sure?
No, that's why I'm asking... Not every question on the internet is a thinly veiled attempt to make a statement!
I meant the bit that most ISPs are government sanctioned monopolies. I thought you were stating that as fact, within your larger question.
Re: CenturyLink is blocking customer internet, saying Utah legislators told them to
#293Earlier quoted context omitted.
Putting power down each linw costs money, ditto for maintaining cabling to each home. Setting an expectation of free 911 service is fine in the cellular world where its a minor nusiance to support, but in the context of a rapidly shrinking customer base (for incumbent telcos) its a very expensive burden.
I'm not convinced it is an expensive burden comparatively. I'm fine using tax money to fund this. I'm fine with a 911 fee for mobile phones, and I m fine including it on prepayments for prepaid, though it would be more upfront if it were included in the price of the prepayment. I wish the world would put a bit more effort into the system so it is better than it is. These are things that let folks call 911 for a dange…
Its really easy to end up with a shrinking taxable revenue base like the Universal Service Fund currently has, causing the tax rate to support lifeline services like what you seek to creep up to impressively high rates: http://www.atconference.com/support/faq/usf.aspx#rates
Lifeline service is a public good, but funding should not come from taxing shrinking telephone bills, but instead from a different revenue source that isn't in the process of notably shrinking every year.
Re: CenturyLink is blocking customer internet, saying Utah legislators told them to
#294Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not convinced it is an expensive burden comparatively. I'm fine using tax money to fund this. I'm fine with a 911 fee for mobile phones, and I m fine including it on prepayments for prepaid, though it would be more upfront if it were included in the price of the prepayment. I wish the world would put a bit more effort into the system so it is better than it is. These are things that let folks call 911 for a dange…
Its really easy to end up with a shrinking taxable revenue base like the Universal Service Fund currently has, causing the tax rate to support lifeline services like what you seek to creep up to impressively high rates: http://www.atconference.com/support/faq/usf.aspx#rates Lifeline service is a public good, but funding should not come from taxing shrinking telephone bills, but instead from a different revenue source…
I truly tend to agree with you on this. To complicate matters, I'm pretty sure the Universal service fund not only does things like 911, but also helps poor people afford phone bills. The phone bill tax isn't the best way to do it, I think. Honestly, I think they should be fairly flat easy-to-understand taxes for the phones (including wireless service).
That said, I'm not sure how cell phone taxes wind up looking on a bill, honestly. I have weirdly never had contract telephone service. I've never been able to justify the costs. For years, I had prepaid plans (that kept getting better) in the US, then moved out of the country.