From: Hatunen on 2 Aug 2006 17:02 On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:44:35 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Miguel Cruz writes: > >> When I lived in Washington DC a few years ago there were two local loop >> providers that had reached my street. The incumbent (Verizon) and >> someone else, I forgot who. They can just go into the manhole and switch >> your drop. > >So you can only have one provider at a time? That's a monopoly. You could probably have two with some more wiring and two bills a month. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on 2 Aug 2006 17:07 Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and > deansgate writes: > > > Oh, I would never have known that. > > Only people who actually read my posts know that. It was irony, numbnuts. Stick with the tones. -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org
From: Mxsmanic on 2 Aug 2006 17:08 Hatunen writes: > You could probably have two with some more wiring and two bills a > month. How much does it cost and how long does it take to change providers for your local loop? How much does it cost and how long does it take to go to a different supermarket for groceries? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 2 Aug 2006 17:10 David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate writes: > It was irony, numbnuts. Are you sure? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: dgs on 2 Aug 2006 17:34
Mxsmanic wrote: > What part of "mostly in computers" seemed nonsensical to you? The phrase "mostly in computers" written with no context at all is nonsense. It's not even a complete sentence, numbnuts. -- dgs |