internet is a public utility like water, sewer,

If you're still lucky enough to have them as 'public utilities' good on you. Because around here they were sold off and privatized a long time ago. And there's jack shit we can do about any of it.

Finally, this generation will have something to buy at Military Surplus stores.

But who cares when you're trying to compare network sizes?

They're pointing out that they have the power to shut off or control a large number of devices. Imagine if the GSM LTE protocol was worked such that anything on the network had to be capable of showing an ad from one of the telco's choosings?

It might even work in their favor to be able to target someone repeatedly. It's not about how many eyeballs you get to it's how targeted can you make your ad to the eyeball it does get.

In the US. They're just as prevalent in Europe.

Same with diesel engines.

I doubt anything the OpenBSD group develops is going to be under the GNU licenses.

I had to have a 'talk' with counselors after I said I thought they had a decent plan. Then offered improvements on their design and how much easier it would be at my school (because of how they lock the doors) just to prevent this same thing from happening.

You mean how everyone just uses Gmail for their mail now?

Clearly you don't think like facebook exces. You just charge $32. Tada, 1 year break even.

The US is the only country that does that.

Login as >console and you should be dropped into a darwin environment.

Did they make big yellow things?

Blend 70,000 peanuts. Administer to 1,000 people.