From: Hatunen on
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.

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From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on
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.

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From: Mxsmanic on
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?

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From: Mxsmanic on
David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and
deansgate writes:

> It was irony, numbnuts.

Are you sure?

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From: dgs on
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.
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