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My internet provider.
« on: March 30, 2013, 04:29:31 AM »

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Re: My internet provider.
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2013, 04:57:41 AM »
My computer refuses to play the video. Is this deliberate or an ironic coincidence?

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Re: My internet provider.
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2013, 05:21:39 AM »
My computer refuses to play the video. Is this deliberate or an ironic coincidence?

Coincidence. Short transcript:

Do you want *list of features a company should offer*?
Fuck you.
We are the only game in town, and you are paying out the ass for it.
You see, we have what's called an oligopoly.
looking for a better deal? You can oligobble down our balls, you are paying for it.
Your local internet provider: "You won't like it, and there is no other option".

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« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2013, 05:28:51 AM »
My economics professor called it "monopolistic competition" but I imagine it amounts to the same thing.

I don't have a choice in cable/internet/phone providers either (unless I want to hang a satelite dish on my apartment building which charges ridiculous fees for such things.) Isn't it great when people get together to screw you?