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    SunRocket VoIP *Everybody is reporting that this is DEAD!* (Free phones, extra number, etc.)

    Oh, wow...nationwide. Hmmm, that would explain the hold times. So I guess the question of the week is: Does this happen with all VOIP? I mean, is this a "get what you pay for" quirk of SR, or will going up in price to Viatalk, Vonage, or Lingo have the same issues? I don't remember having...
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    SunRocket VoIP *Everybody is reporting that this is DEAD!* (Free phones, extra number, etc.)

    28 minutes on hold with customer support before the line disconnected...so should I waste more cell minutes, or send them hate mail?
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    SunRocket VoIP *Everybody is reporting that this is DEAD!* (Free phones, extra number, etc.)

    Oh, god...if people call my SR number, they hear "The subscriber you have called is not in service"...in other words, my work line now looks like I forgot to pay the cell phone bill. Unacceptable (and ridiculous) ...I think I'm going to ask for a refund.
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    SunRocket VoIP *Everybody is reporting that this is DEAD!* (Free phones, extra number, etc.)

    I've been troublefree for a while now, just renewed (3 free months). Today, I get a busy signal when I try to make outbound calls...no matter who I call. Thought it was the phone being busy, of course, but then I tried to call my own cell phone and got the same signal, and the phone never...
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    SunRocket VoIP *Everybody is reporting that this is DEAD!* (Free phones, extra number, etc.)

    Hmmm...sales didn't work, said they couldn't do the renewal and didn't know what offers were currently running, but they could walk me through doing the renewal for the current offer online. They transferred me to the renewals dept; great support quality for both departments, incidentally...
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    SunRocket VoIP *Everybody is reporting that this is DEAD!* (Free phones, extra number, etc.)

    Georgepa, others: How do I get in touch with SR to see about renewal options? I called the SR customer service number (from the site) and selected the option for renewals, got put on hold for ~10 minutes, and then got a message which said "Thank you for calling the Springfield Sunrocket...
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    Seagate 320gb Sata II 16mb Perpendicular 3gb/s 89.99 @ newegg Free Shipping

    Grabbed one for $95. Need to go dual boot with Ubuntu and migrating data is going to be one phenomenal pain without some major drive space...this is going to be my main system drive, with a 80G drive running XP as backup. And, someday, I'm going to grab a couple more of these and set up...
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    Comcast sensors Nightline: Another Glorious Day In The Republic.

    It's ironic; the sheeple gets all righteous about media censorship in other countries, since we like saying "Bad China"...though we're saying it a little more quietly in international circles these days.
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    Comcast sensors Nightline: Another Glorious Day In The Republic.

    Comcast decides what you see. Pretty much speaks for itself. Following in the footsteps of AOL, which blocks content critical of AOL, Comcast recently censored a Nightline session that highlighted the sleeping technician story. Now that's customer service for you...not only has the problem...
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    Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)

    You: "Name a senator who has been more effective for his constituency" Me: Senators are not always effective for the constituency they claim they are working for (i.e. Bobby Rush). Also, his effectiveness (or lack thereof) in comparison to other senators doesn't qualify him to address issues...
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    Are many people here against net neutrality?

    Snowman, The comment means: the ISP can prioritize VOIP traffic over other forms of traffic. If it does so, it must then prioritize other companies' VOIP traffic in the same way. This = non-discrimination. If they change their QoS prioritization to benefit their own services, the same...
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    Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)

    Are you seriously justifying what this clown said by stating that aforementioned clown gets your state more money than anyone else gets for their state? An idiot in office who didn't get his email for three days because of all the crap that people put in his tubes (without paying for it)...
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    UPDATE: Ex-soldier charged in Iraq rape, killing (was: AP: "GIs accused of raping woman, killing family")

    Moonbeam has it right. The only appropriate response is a fair, unpolitical trial and then condemnation, if they are found guilty. Working to prevent this in the future is difficult; right now, military recruiting strategy is aimed specifically at low-income neighborhoods where high school kids...
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    What you probably didn't hear about in Iraq

    I believe these soldiers should be tried and punished as harshly as anyone else convicted of the same crimes. And rape and murder is something that they have done in our names, not randomly on the streets. These things were done as representatives of our nation. In my opinion, war crimes should...
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    Are many people here against net neutrality?

    6000SUX, I'm interested...I know a lot of the activists who are on top of telecom legislation (on both sides of this issue) and I've never heard it said by either side that these protections are already embodied in current telecom law. Could you tell me what you've been reading? The Snowman...
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    Why is anyone against the HPV vaccine?

    I've actually heard both arguments: 1. That it'll make a girl less likely to go in for regular checkups, which might result in more infections than the vaccine reduces and 2. that it'll encourage promiscuity. I know more than one parent (politically liberal, religiously conservative) who've...
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    Are many people here against net neutrality?

    Actually no. They're not proposing to allow you, the end user, to buy a priority routing flag in their system. They're going to charge Google to do this, to get to you faster. With absolutely no checks or balances in place to prevent them from saying hey, if you want to even reach these users...
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    Are many people here against net neutrality?

    Both have already happened. ISPs have done this in the past. I posted a list in another thread, which was bashed because a couple of the ISPs on the list were Canadian, but it's definitely not something that could never happen. Dave.
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    Are many people here against net neutrality?

    The problem: This already exists. Google wants more bandwidth? They pay for it. I want more bandwidth for my little blog? I'd pay for it, too. You, on the receiving end, want to see AT come up faster? You pay for that, too. So even in a perfect world where everyone has broadband access...
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    Barack Obama's speech on faith and politics

    This is exactly what Obama is saying. He seems to suggest that dividing ourselves along religious lines is a mistake, and that both political parties should examine the role of religion in American society; i.e. that religion should no longer be the identifier of political thought. I agree with...
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    What you probably didn't hear about in Iraq

    Link to newspaper article "A group of American soldiers in an insurgent-riddled town allegedly noticed a young Iraqi woman when on patrol and later returned to rape her, according to U.S. officials Friday. In an apparent cover-up attempt, she and three members of her family then were killed...
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    Internet Thread:11-4-07 Verizon defines "Unlimited" 5 GB cap, Max 200 kbps

    The network was a government one, by the way. Not private as in "the network in my house" but a network that taxpayers funded for a government office. Now, last time I checked, state employees were allowed to vote. Which means that they're allowed to make an educated decision on who they're...
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    Internet Thread:11-4-07 Verizon defines "Unlimited" 5 GB cap, Max 200 kbps

    Man, where's the guy who worked for the ISP, the one who kept fighting me in the other thread insisting that no company would *ever* something like this, because it would cost them their customer base... It's only a matter of time before this becomes an accepted part of campaigning. You want...
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    Solid Website Hosting Deal, HostPC

    Works for me, too (Chicago, IL)...email and several websites on different HostPC servers are all up. Argboy, is it possible your ISP is caching? That could be the problem. Dave.
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    House rejects Net neutrality rules

    Yeah, that's what I said. His staffer didn't have a response when I asked him how (clearly, he hadn't been studying the telco ads well enough). In Chicago, this may be moot...the RFP draft released for Chicago's municipal wireless plan includes very strict network neutrality language. Even...
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    House rejects Net neutrality rules

    Also: 1. Google Vint Cerf. As someone with experience in telecom, you sure know the name, but Google his position on this anyway. 2. Mark Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America: "Cable operators, who were excused from Network Neutrality by the Federal...
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    House rejects Net neutrality rules

    I don't understand? Apparently, neither do the founders of Ebay, Amazon, or Craigslist. Do you honestly think that figures who have that much background in this industry (and armies of researchers) are worried about nothing? I'm in good company. But of course, your experience reading and signing...
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    House rejects Net neutrality rules

    You assume that there is competition. If SBC decides to kill Google in favor of Yahoo, the entire south side of Chicago will have no alternative ISP. Comcast doesn't go there. RCN doesn't go there. There are no other providers. Speakeasy DSL / Covad are too far away. Concrete example, in...
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    House rejects Net neutrality rules

    Restriction and censorship are more important than the peering issue. You persist in trying to make this about the technology. This is about business, not tech. While ISP one may maintain links with ISP two, that doesn't mean they can't slow or eliminate access to competitors in favor of one...
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    My plan to deal with illegal immigrants.

    I'm not sure we can discuss what to do with illegal immigrants without also talking about reforming our whole immigration system / law to begin with. As someone else said above, if we made our immigration system more efficient, it might solve a lot of problems right off the bat. I'm from...
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    Block the Vote, Ohio Remix

    Right or Left, you shouldn't support this kind of crap to keep people from voting. Sign them all up to vote, make them vote, and then try and convince them to vote for you. How does forcing voter registrations to be on postcard stock or better keep dead people from voting?
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    Apple pulls out of India

    Apple just caught some limelight for sweatshop practices: Apple's Sweatshops In China ...from Wired News. Based on this, Indians might want to breath a sigh of relief at this point that Apple did decide to take their production elsewhere. Similarly, anyone giving Apple brownie...
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    The US and Torture

    Agreed, there may be more support for Karimov in the EU than in the US, but when Craig spoke, he said specifically that the US had supported Karimov's regume throughout...right up till the point he killed a contract with Enron and awarded the contract to the Russion natural gas collective...
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    House rejects Net neutrality rules

    All right...figured it's time for a history lesson. And some thoughts on where the telecom situation in this country is headed. Bend over, little consumer, and pull your pants down. I would pay special attention to the cost per mb table comparing the average pricing with the average...
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    House rejects Net neutrality rules

    Bowfinger beat me to it. The issue is not: I have to get Packet A and Packet B to their destination, but I prioritize one type over another to maintain QoS. The issue is: I see a Competitor Packet and one of My Packets, and I make sure the Competitor Packet gets mugged in an alley on the way...
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    House Republicans to cut PBS and NPR funding by almost a quarter

    I agree. And spanish speaking Americans shouldn't pay taxes towards anything that's in English. Oh, wait, that probably wasn't what you meant...
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    Apple pulls out of India

    Good points. I'll add that in India, companies frequently don't pay taxes, or don't declare the full extent of their operations on their taxes...it's standard business practice. And yes, I know there are many that don't do this, but I also have extensive business contacts and family at very high...
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    House rejects Net neutrality rules

    Actually, no. Comcast can offer me VOIP technology already, at $50 a month. With less features than Sunrocket, which is $16 a month. However, *instead* of innovation, all Comcast has to do is kill my Sunrocket service, forcing everyone on their lines to use Comcast VOIP or none at all. Whether...
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    House Republicans to cut PBS and NPR funding by almost a quarter

    Agreed. I would like to point out that there is a difference between "government funded propaganda outlet" and "publicly funded media". The point is to support, with tax dollars, a media outlet that is open to the public. Public access, public broadcasting, public radio...all work on the...