For all their faults, Ma Bell was exceeding five 9's uptime/availability back in the 1970's regardless of any underlying technology or layer of infrastructure. As to your comment, - false dichotomy. There is a wide range in between the two extremes.

Wait, didn't they have this thing called "Net Neutrality" a while back??/s

Doesn't matter if someone has anything to hide or not, it's nobody else's damn business.

.. and in other news, AI causes every other slashdot post to be about AI. For MONTHS on end...

"Safety means lower costs for insurers."

And rates went up regardless.

I remember when they mandated seat belts. Rates went up regardless.

I remember when Daytime Running Lights were invented, then mandated. Rates went up regardless.

I remember when airbags were invented, then mandated. Rates went up regardless.

I remember when crumple zones were invented, and became common. Rates went up regardless.

Using every tiny little excuse possible,- as the saying goes, any excuse will do for a tyrant.

You can see the same patterns throughout all of American business and finance. Who do you think actually has representation in this country?

That's like hearing a midget brag about his huge dick.

Sort of like the Royal family?

I went to school back in the days of leaded gas. Precisely zero of that shit happened back then. I attribute it to societal breakdown due to economic pressures (american businessmen offshoring as much as possible, and automating the rest), effectively ending traditional stay-at-home parenting.
And also due to social pressures, (media constantly trolling for clicks with flame headlines and "analysis") combined with political extremists shouting over everyone all the time. It's the "false dichotomy" thinking that leads kids to think there are no alternatives.

It was discussed extensively among certain progressive news sites which is where I was hanging out at the time. I hope nobody thinks the DNC is somehow liberal or left -- they aren't. Except to those who are so far to the right that everything else is left of them. And yes, I recall watergate, and the pentagon papers. Was there and alive at the time.

Actually I got it from rather prominent progressive/economics site. They were rooting against the DNC for rather obvious reasons at the time. Nice try, tho.

No kidding, I did believe that he was the leaker. Never heard anything to the contrary, this is the first time. I am disgusted more by the behavior of the political animals than anything else.

Let's not forget Seth Richards (Hillary Clinton 's IT guy) seems he was shot in a botched robbery attempt. Something about emails and leaks.

Growing up in the 70s and 80s it was pretty much the same for me. The crap didn't really get started until the 90's IMHO. And now it's in overdrive.

Pretty sure those laws already exist. 50 years of "business-friendly" voting got us to this, complete lack of enforcement.