XPost: alt.checkmate, sci.physics   
   From: skeet@invalid.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 6 Jan 2018 05:12:55 -0500, kensi   
    wrote:   
      
   >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!   
      
      
   Hey sore loser, that shit started happening during the obummer regime.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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