Ah, Claire McCaskill. Her not particularly active Twitter account said this week that she wants to be careful about regulation of privacy online, lest those regulations cause us all to have “less access to amazing stuff.” True statement I think. Too bad she refused to stick to her guns on the radical left’s key policy, Net Neutrality. On that issue, McCaskill told MyDD government regulation could cause “an open and free exchange of information” and that she would be “happy to wage” the fight to regulate.
Not sure how to reconcile these two positions except that when the radical left tugs on Claire McCaskill’s leash, she jumps, regardless of what’s good for America or for Missouri.
How good is the 4G LTE wireless technology that the public really needs AT&T to deploy? The technology that AT&T needs T-Mobile’s spectrum to roll out properly? testing already puts it 7 times faster than the current stuff and 4 times the theoretical cap of my current wired line. So good that Clearwire may switch from WiMAX to LTE. This is great technology. I want, as McCaskill pointed out when not under the thumb of radicals, “access to amazing stuff.” I want government out of this.
Government isn’t even all powerful. It can’t always achieve its intended aims. As I’ve pointed out before in this space, the UK is learning that lesson when it comes to so-called superinjunctions meant to protect the rich and famous from having their lives gossiped about in the press. The global Internet is ruining that plan. Sadly, California wants to learn that lesson next and drive innovation out of state or overseas.
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NightTwister (Diary) Saturday, May 21st at 9:56AM EDT (link)that there are a number of people that not only are content with the current speeds, but many that aren’t interested in data at all, right? One of the concerns about the merger is AT&T has a history of trying to force people into more expensive data plans that they really don’t want.
The more I read about and think about this merger, the more I’m opposed. This merger will reduce competition, and that’s not a good thing for consumers. This whole quest of yours appears to be based on the fact that you don’t like Verizon and want to stay with AT&T and still get the higher data speeds of LTE.
On the good side, AT&T has apparently gotten then message about opening up their phones and is starting to allow non-Market apps on some of their Android phones (with more to come soon). That’s a positive thing. If AT&T continues to adopt some of the innovativeness and openness of T-Mobile going forward I’ll be a lot less opposed to this merger.
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Yeah, NightTwister
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, May 21st at 1:23PM EDT (link)Now that you’re trying to personalize this, I’ve lost any respect I have for any thing you say on this matter.
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Whatever...nt.
NightTwister (Diary) Saturday, May 21st at 1:32PM EDT (link)“Baseball fits America well because it expresses our longing for the rule of law while licensing our resentment of law givers.” ― Major League Commissioner of Baseball A. Bartlett Giamatti
PS
Neil Stevens (Diary) Saturday, May 21st at 1:58PM EDT (link)I decided last year I’m going to the first national provider with good LTE in my area, just as soon as iPhone supports it.
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And I was out of line.
NightTwister (Diary) Saturday, May 21st at 6:56PM EDT (link)I’m more frustrated with losing the service I want than anything you’ve said.
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I hear you
Neil Stevens (Diary) Monday, May 23rd at 12:22AM EDT (link)I used to have great Internet service at home. But since Verizon gobbled up my old provider, it just hasn’t been the same. In fact it went from stellar to unreliable.
I still miss GTE.
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If you're opposed to the merger at all...
Plumb_Bob (Diary) Saturday, May 21st at 12:20PM EDT (link)… it means that you agree that government has the right to interfere in legal business activity.
What sort of a conservative agrees with that?
It may be the case that AT&T is trying to do something that will be bad for consumers. If that’s the case, you can also expect some other vendor to correct the practice eventually by offering something that’s better for consumers at an advantageous price.
NightTwister, gain back your free market credentials and oppose government interference wherever it occurs, even if it has the potential of doing something to make your life marginally less pleasant. Your convenience is not the ultimate test of economic morality — and insofar as it is, the market will lead us there sooner or later.
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Seriously?
NightTwister (Diary) Saturday, May 21st at 1:34PM EDT (link)If I’m opposed to the merger I’m not a conservative?
Please show me in my comment above where I said anything about supporting government involvement.
I can be opposed to the merger without wanting government intervention.
I’m amazed at the lack of reading comprehension around here lately.
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I understand disagreement on what may happen if they merge, but...
rogershru2 (Diary) Saturday, May 21st at 5:08PM EDT (link)What Neil is opposing is government intervention in the free market. He has made that clear numerous times. Fighting government intervention is a worthy cause. Disparaging that “quest” made some question, understandably, your conservatism on this matter.
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I can still disagree whether its better for the consumer or not.
NightTwister (Diary) Saturday, May 21st at 6:57PM EDT (link)That has been part of his argument. I agree with him that the government should stay out of this one.
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ah... another clipping for my 'Air Claire' file. nt
Xasteius (Diary) Saturday, May 21st at 8:16PM EDT (link)Don’t leave the party, hijack it back!
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Let's ground "Air Claire" in 2012, X!
frankieb (Diary) Saturday, May 21st at 8:26PM EDT (link)n/t
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The Internet is not only in the USA
Chuck From Dayton Monday, May 23rd at 12:18AM EDT (link)Government’s desire to control it, or have a “kill switch”, or to censor is doomed to failure.
It is not the US power grid, or the US phone network.
There’s a reason HTTP traffic is referred to as the “Worldwide Web”. It is indeed worldwide, and the topology is a “web” of connections.
As one internet wag put it… “The Internet considers censorship a defect and routs around it”.
Chuck,
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