Posts by caitlin.bestler

Re: Obviously...

What makes you think people had to wait for its release to hate it?

One fat finger?

if your voice service provider has designed their sysgtems so that one fat, or even malicious, finger can bring this much service down for this long then you need to find a new voice service provider.

Re: "...after they already have the evidence..."

More fundamental temporal re-ordering: Sentence first, trial later.

Given that Backpage merely supports these activities, rather than committing them directly, would there be major irreparable harm if we went through the formality of proving their guilt before seizing their property?

It's not like proving the case is going to be difficult.

Re: Contempt of court?

Better yet. The Judge should simply believe their claims.

Of course, if they can't keep records, the Judge will have to enjoin them from make any future seizures.

Proof that the system has been fixed will be provided very prmptly then.

Re: IT'S FRICKIN EASY

Ending legal monopolies does not lower the cost-per-mile of providing service in rural communities.

It barely pays to provide service to low density areas when you get 100% of the local market.

Competition will not cure that, although it would be useful in most urban markets.

As a minority party Democrats can propose schemes like this with impunity. Once they have the

majority back they'd have to answer questions on why we're spending more per broadband customer

for rural voters than we do for urban voters. But you don't have to answer questions like that for proposals

that will never even get voted on.