AT&T: You Have No Rights--It's Official
There was an article in the SF Chronicle of June 21, 2006. Basically, it says AT&T is making official what they've been doing all along.
What, nobody thought there was a Quid Pro Quo when the monolithic phone companies of old began returning to the Borg Hive without a single peep from anyone in the DOJ antitrust division, on or off the record? The practically complete silence of the corporate media, not a whisper of the word "antitrust", wasn't a tipoff?
The more interesting question is, are there any alternative quality phone/internet companies that aren't completely in bed with the NSA, etc? Any switch would be merely symbolic--I've heard no suggestion that the Feds aren't tapping into the datastreams of phone companies that didn't "cooperate". The hardware's controlled by AT&T, etc., and thus controlled by the Feds. They are certainly not saying, "Oh my, we have to keep our slimy tentacles off Phone Company XYZ's datastream that flows through AT&T's hardware, XYZ didn't consent".
It wouldn't surprise me to wake up one day and find that Uncle Dickless has pulled the plug on the internet. Maybe a picture of a wrecking ball where TLC's Place used to be. Oh sure, there'll be some cover story with about as much credibility as OJ's protestations of complete innocence. In the meantime, I'll keep using this medium to expand my knowledge and consciousness, and to awaken and bring others along with me, albeit sometime kicking and screaming :)
TLC
What, nobody thought there was a Quid Pro Quo when the monolithic phone companies of old began returning to the Borg Hive without a single peep from anyone in the DOJ antitrust division, on or off the record? The practically complete silence of the corporate media, not a whisper of the word "antitrust", wasn't a tipoff?
The more interesting question is, are there any alternative quality phone/internet companies that aren't completely in bed with the NSA, etc? Any switch would be merely symbolic--I've heard no suggestion that the Feds aren't tapping into the datastreams of phone companies that didn't "cooperate". The hardware's controlled by AT&T, etc., and thus controlled by the Feds. They are certainly not saying, "Oh my, we have to keep our slimy tentacles off Phone Company XYZ's datastream that flows through AT&T's hardware, XYZ didn't consent".
It wouldn't surprise me to wake up one day and find that Uncle Dickless has pulled the plug on the internet. Maybe a picture of a wrecking ball where TLC's Place used to be. Oh sure, there'll be some cover story with about as much credibility as OJ's protestations of complete innocence. In the meantime, I'll keep using this medium to expand my knowledge and consciousness, and to awaken and bring others along with me, albeit sometime kicking and screaming :)
TLC
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