XPost: alt.checkmate, sci.physics   
   From: kkensington01@gmail.nospam.invalid   
      
   On 1/6/2018 4:50 AM, Checkmate wrote:   
      
   > BTW, do you see what the cable companies are up to, now that they've   
   > gutted net neutrality?  A few months ago they notified me that there   
   > would be a surcharge for total data transfers in a month over a certain   
   > limit (I forget how many gigs I get).  Of course I don't have any reason   
   > to worry, because I'm well under that threshold.  Yeah... for NOW.  I   
   > wonder what the chances are that they'll start lowering that threshold   
   > once everybody gets used to it?  Sooner or later, they'll make sure that   
   > you either buy your programming from them, or end up paying them more if   
   > you're using Netflix or other competing content providers.  The net   
   > neutrality issue was decided a couple months after they notified me of   
   > the new tiered billing structure.  Cynic that I am, I'd bet that they   
   > already new the fix was in.  I'm sure the cable companies paid a lot of   
   > money to influence that decision, but they'll get it all back and then   
   > some, directly from us.  Bastards!   
      
   We warned you about the evils of Republicans, and of Trump in   
   particular. We warned you, but you didn't listen. So now I get to say ...   
      
   I told you so!   
      
   --   
   "To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain   
   the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy." ~David Brooks   
   "I get fooled all the time by the constant hosiery parade   
   in here."                                                     ~Checkmate   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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