I'm guessing the troll mod is for implying that the right has a monopoly on an echo chamber news source desires. It is intellectually dishonest to deny that human nature and crosses party lines and ideologies.

And because of this, so many have to endure that STD called Websphere.

This is the problem in a nutshell. Internet service is not provided by a free market. Government has create internet service provider utilities via cable and phone company competition restrictions. Only when we get real choice will the situation improve.

Dial *82 before calling.

*upload ...* I know Kung Fu!

Not true of the exporters and the manufacturers of exported goods. They gain by the prosperity of other nations.

All that just to sign up for ESPN 360? I think the proxy idea would be simpler ;-)

Another anecdotal complaint...

In Cleveland, every network channel except the ABC affiliate is changing frequency. PBS is not broadcasting in digital yet, and the current NBC ATSC broadcast on channel 2 is poor.

Talk about confusion.

I wouldn't want to be the one answering the phones at the first station that turns off its analog signal voluntarily.

Which is another way of saying you can forget about that gradual transition part.

I wouldn't want to manage 1,000,000,000 beta testers reports. After the 1,000th report of feature x breaking, the point is taken.

It is pretty difficult to get down to a 19% approval rating without a bipartisan effort.

Oh please. Let me guess, you live in a desert area.

The US is in the bottom half by population density. http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/populations/ctydensityh.htm

2/3 of people without broadband is meaningless. This is not the same population set as the people without access, because it includes all the people with access who choose not to get broadband.

The better question is, what percentage of people without broadband access want it?

There is a big difference between "try xyz, you might like it" and "you are going to xyz and like it!"

Who is to say each request is for a different person? Perhaps the people the police are after are using multiple online identities.

It also wouldn't be surprising if the same identity requests were repeated.

A third possibility is a request for the identity of possible victims.

Finally, evidence collected is not always enough for an arrest, much less a conviction. This doesn't mean an investigation isn't warranted.

Not to say the information shouldn't come with a cost, but the hit miss ratio may not be nearly as bad as you think.