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   On Sat, 25 Sep 2021 15:44:25 -0700 (PDT), Roger House <61rroger@gmail.com>   
   wrote:   
   >On Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 3:00:14 PM UTC-4, Questor wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 22 Sep 2021 18:07:51 -0700 (PDT), Roger House <61rr...@gmail.com>=   
   >>wrote:   
   >>>Before I say this one, let me preface it by saying that there MAYBE things   
   >>>related to it that I don't know about. I would make it federally, (IF   
   federally   
   >>>is the right word/term/way to say it), illegal for wireless companies to as   
   >>>they say, slow speeds.   
   >>Would you care to add more context to your remark?   
   >>   
   >>So you don't believe in free market capitalism? You don't think that wireless   
   >>companies, and their subcontractors, should be able to operate their legally   
   >>owned assets in whatever manner they chose?   
   >   
   >>I recognize that telecommunications have long been regulated in the U.S. I   
   also   
   >>think there quite possibly times of high usage and/or limited capacity when   
   >>throttling transmission speeds may be a better alternative than simply   
   denying   
   >>service to some fraction of customers.   
   >   
   >I just see the T.V. commercials for wireless companies, and, in and as a part   
   >of the fine print, it says SOMETHING LIKE, (I don't remember for sure exactly   
   >WHAT it says and/or how it says it), "....after a certain amount of usage   
   >company may slow speeds."  Although I DO NOT know ANYTHING about that   
   >or WHY they do it, (the slowing of speeds), when they do, from the customer's   
   >point of view, or, you might say, from THIS customer's, (mind's), point   
   >of view, that ROYALLY STINKS!!!!!   
      
   Have you, or anyone you personally know, had their wireless connections slowed?   
   Has this been an ongoing problem that has an impact on your life?   
      
   It seems to me you're (over-) reacting to some lawyer-mandated legalese and   
   that   
   this isn't actually something you've experienced very much, if at all.   
      
      
   >limited plans that include unlimited data.  Also, if a customer chooses an   
   >unlimited plan, then, at least to me, it SHOULD BE truly 100% unlimited,   
   >otherwise; don't call it unlimited.   
      
   Well, yes, this has been an issue for a while.  But these kind of "weasle   
   words," as Frank Zappa would call them, have been around in advertising   
   for a long time.  The savvy consumer learns to read the fine print and takes   
   the   
   maxim, "there's no such thing as a free lunch" to heart.   
      
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