Just use a couple of small business routers with built in VPN. They do all of the different subnets and wireless and all of that stuff. They're a few hundred bucks each.

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/p...

Windows Phone tells you exactly how much data each "app" or part of the OS uses. Easily limitable, too. Sucks for Android/ios users.

Better UI is subjective and personally I disagree with you on that. Most people really don't give a shit as long as it doesn't get in their way. People are familiar with iOS and Android and familiarity counts for a lot even if it isn't necessarily the most optimal way to do things. Look at how much hate Windows 8 has received even though in some cases it does make some improvements.

I'm not a UI expert, but I kind of thought that we had moved past the "whole lot of random icons on the desktop" that my father used in 1995, but hey, whatever floats your boat. I personally don't have the time or interest to hunt through pages of icons for every little thing I need to do.

I have seen no objective evidence that Windows Phone is more or less stable than Android or iOS devices. You'll need to present some actual objective data for me to concede that point. Something more than your personal experiences.

I really have no interest in convincing you or anybody else. People with Android and iOS reboot their phones frequently. I don't. Enjoy rebooting.

It's better because it has a better UI, is more stable, and does much more by itself without needing extra "apps". It makes sense for companies to license it if their customers want to buy phones with what's arguably the best OS out there right now. Again, I don't understand why people don't buying them over Android. They're subsidizing the phones right now, but I'd happily pay more for a Windows Phone because it's a much better product, in my opinion.

The thing is, Windows Phone is a better OS than either iOS or Android, so it makes sense that they'd think that companies would want to pay to license their software. I don't know why consumers consistently choose Android or iOS over Windows.

I think that HTC's Windows phones are better, anyway.

You wrote a lot of words that really didn't mean anything.

"...with pensions adjusted somehow."

What are these "pensions" you speak of?

I do the opposite (except for the exercise), and I'm also a 20-something looking 41 year old.

... no video game at all. Put down the gadget and move your body.

All you do is put the open wi-fi on a different subnet, so if somebody comes after you, you can just shrug and say, "I don't know who it was".

What is this "blank check" you're talking about? How in the hell is housing buying subsidized? Why do builders need to be subsidized when they're making record profits?

There have been a handful of people who've come into my place of work, looked up at our lights and have said, "I'm so glad that you have incandescent lighting. Fluorescent lights really bother my EM sensitivity" or something to that effect. All of our lights are CFL (but look like incandescent).

When you strongly regulate something the effects are negative for the consumer!

You must be living in some kind of bizarro reality. Internet connections are NOT regulated at all, right now. Things will improve when Internet connections fall under the auspices of the FCC.

If we don't want to save the world because it's "not profitable", then we are truly fucked. What are we, Ferengi?

Star Trek is cute, but we have a real group of people who truly believe that. In the US, they're called "Conservatives".