would you believe this (Score 1)

The whole, we're afraid of piracy line is one that the MPAA, RIAA, Disney and Fox are all saying, basically in an effort to get the SSSCA (the evil sequel to the DMCA) passed. so they are pointing and saying, who wants broadband when there is nothing on (or nothing to download or "take down" as Valenti says, from the net..) excluding of course, Napster and good ole Scour (RIP). as for broadband horror stories... i live in big old Washington, DC and had my broadband installed by Starpower. The service works fine but let me tell you about the techs that put it in... i live in a big apartment building, so i left my keys with the doorman to let the techs in while i was out. we have 2 computers, my desktop and my roommates laptop. i left a note telling them to connect both. but, as i walk in to my apartment i quickly here the bathroom door shut, i think tech #1 was on the crapper. i check out the computers...and there is a PCMCIA adapter sticking out of my roommates laptop. thats it.. no cable modem.. or anything. finally, the tech comes out of the crapper and sets up the cable modem. sort of.. he actually has me sign a few papers, then leaves me a number to call the tech support with so they can guide me through the set up. as he is here, tech #2, who is setting up my phone service, comes back to my apartment, munching on a bag of cheetos (he has been in the phone room in the basement, near vending machines.) the guy proceeds to hang out and eat his cheetos. after setting up my cable, they finally leave and i have to call the company to configure my computer. oh, and as for setting up my roommates computer, i needed to buy a Linksys router. not that this is such a big deal.. *but* the cable modem has 2 ports on the back of it..one for the ethernet/RJ-45 cable and another one for a USB connection.. when i used to live in Albany and have RoadRunner, their tech support helped me and my then roommate connect 2 computers to the cable modem this way.. unlike the lazy ass Starpower.