Stephanie Cutter: Get the facts on Karl Rove’s BS (by BarackObamadotcom)
Anyone who lives in the Fort Mill or Rock Hill areas of South Carolina is undoubtedly familiar with Comporium and the cable or internet service they provide. I’ve been frustrated with their service due to periods of slow service, service outages, or other problems that are rarely explained. Usually if there is a problem I call them so they are at least aware of the issue. Sometimes, though, I don’t. Usually because I don’t feel like dealing with people who “really want to help” but nothing ever changes…
One time, they actually traced an issue to the fact that we had an outdated modem and replaced it. Unfortunately this did not solve the problem but I was tired of spending time on the phone or at home waiting for the service technician so I let it go and the service returned to normal (normal in this case does not mean fully functional, it just means functioning at an acceptable level most of the time).
Anyway, I wanted to share with everyone how responsive they are on twitter and how they want to fix my problem… But if they really wanted to fix my problem wouldn’t it have been taken care of by now?
So, we pay for 10Mbps service and our ping time is usually in the 60-70ms range. Last night I found this:
And it stayed like that… I don’t even believe the 4.66Mbps because a 30 second youtube clip kept needing to buffer. That shouldn’t happen at 4.66Mbps
So I tweeted:
This morning when I got to twitter I found a response to this from Comporium:
Which is nice. Except I’m burned out. If they really cared about our business we shouldn’t have repeated problems. This has been going on for most of the four years I’ve been in the Carolinas. In my opinion (not that it means much because I really don’t know a lot about the way ISPs work) our neighborhood is just overloaded with everyone sharing too few lines. This wouldn’t surprise me since the area kind of exploded with housing about 6 years ago. When I ask whether they are going to upgrade the area based on the increased usage associated with new housing I have repeatedly been told that they are only using upgraded equipment on the housing that is currently in progress… So those of us that have been here for more than a year or two are out of luck.
Anyway, I replied:
But wait! They *really* want to fix my problem… They’re willing to contact me directly and create a permanent fix:
As if I haven’t been contacted before… Or spent hours on the phone. Again, this all comes back to the fact that I’m tired of paying excessive money for crap service.
Maybe tomorrow or Monday I’ll feel like contacting them… and then this will have to be updated. Until then, I just had to share.
Although, maybe I should just be happy with the service we have because, as I’m regularly reminded by someone who knows more than I do, It doesn’t matter if you have more ISP choices. They all suck.
TechDirt:
He didn’t get sick or have something better to do. Hell, he didn’t even miss a flight. Instead, according to Schneier, the TSA itself had him removed from the panel:
On Friday, at the request of the TSA, I was removed from the witness list. The excuse was that I am involved in a lawsuit against the TSA, trying to get them to suspend their full-body scanner program. But it’s pretty clear that the TSA is afraid of public testimony on the topic, and especially of being challenged in front of Congress. They want to control the story, and it’s easier for them to do that if I’m not sitting next to them pointing out all the holes in their position. Unfortunately, the committee went along with them.As Tim Lee notes in reporting on this story, the TSA has done similar things in the past, and even been rebuked by Rep. Jason Chaffetz — and yet it had no problem doing it again. The fact that Schneier is a part of that lawsuit is meaningless and shouldn’t stop him from testifying at all. Schneier is a clear thorn in the side of the TSA, and if it’s so afraid of having him speak to Congress, that really says a lot about the (lack of) confidence it has in its own arguments. If you can’t stand to let a critic speak, it suggests that perhaps your own argument isn’t very strong.
Beautiful day for a drive to Raleigh! (Taken with instagram)
Just saw this and I’ll be the first to admit that my understanding of tax law and the terminology is somewhat lacking. So, I may not be interpreting this correctly. If that’s the case, please let me know so that I can learn something…
However, it’s frustrating that someone who makes $20 million dollars a year can give $7 million to his church (which I’m not knocking — I think many of us would LOVE to have the ability to provide that much in contributions to our churches or other charities) but pays about 90% of that amount in taxes. I’d like to think that someone who is running for POTUS and who has repeatedly stated how much he loves his country would be willing to put at least as much into the tax pool as he does to his church (his love of which I haven’t heard about as much as his love of country…which is probably related to the fact that this is a political campaign, not a religious one… but I digress).
If Mitt paid 13% more than he did he would essentially be putting an extra $800,000 to the federal government and would still be close to a 16% overall tax rate. Not a very big jump for the individual making $21,300,000 each year.
So this got me wondering… If everyone who made more than $5 million per year paid the amount of tax they would owe at the next percentage up (if you owe 14% tax and send a check for 15% instead) how much more money would that put into the “tax pool”. Would it be significant? Feel free to let me know what you think with a comment.
-JT
In a surprise move today, Representative Eric Cantor(R-VA) announced that he will stop all action on SOPA, effectively killing the bill. This move was most likely due to several things. One of those things is that SOPA and PIPA met huge online protest against the bills. Another reason would be that the White House threatened to veto the bill if it had passed. However, it isn’t quite time yet to celebrate, as PIPA(the Senate’s version of SOPA) is still up for consideration.
» via examiner.com
Whew.
Great job, Internet. Don’t stop now.
This is what the bookshelf on the phone looks like… Kind of an strange mix, don’t you think?
My co-pilot for morning errands. (Taken with instagram)
