DBWI: Internet without us

We have free Internet, VT! Unless you're talking about price, which I agree with you on. It is a bit costly - £7.80 per minute on dial-up is a bit much, especially since the Télécran service costs about 10c per minute, which is cheap.
 

Eladrimstar

Banned
This is pretty disturbing! Bad ideas! Stay out of my head!

I'm sorry. I used to be one of the Undesired. But they fixed me. A girl should not love a girl. They fixed me.

I can't type much. My hands don't work the way they did before the therapy started. I use a voice transcriber.

But I heard there was no Africa anymore. I heard the Fascists stripped it of all it resources and left the people to die. But here I see claims to the false.

Wait! Please! Don't! I hate the therapy! It hurts! Please, help me! God help me!

Wait, no, please, I didn't say that! I don't believe in God! It's forbidden! Please no! Please!

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VT45

Banned
We have free Internet, VT! Unless you're talking about price, which I agree with you on. It is a bit costly - £7.80 per minute on dial-up is a bit much, especially since the Télécran service costs about 10c per minute, which is cheap.

Well, yes. It costs that much in order to keep it "free." But for those of us with Télécran the same censorship laws apply. You wonder why your internet is so expensive.
 
And yet, I still shudder when I read things like that. That was why my family fled Pennsylvania to come to the Gambia.

Well, Africa Online's rather cheap, so I don't find it much of a problem. They're experimenting with a flat fee, I don't know where that's going though.

Hey Dan, are New York and Pennsylbania still in revolt? I'm just curious because my family's originally Pittsburgese, and the lack of news coming from the former U.S.A due to their. . . interesting state just makes me curious about what happened to them.
 
All I know is there would be a lot less arrests for what adds up to thought crime.

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OOC: You can decode it here. The keyword is my username. Oh, and what's the site you're using for the binary translation, demonkangaroo?
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OOC: Use same site, keyword is my username abbreviated.
 
And yet, I still shudder when I read things like that. That was why my family fled Pennsylvania to come to the Gambia.

Well, Africa Online's rather cheap, so I don't find it much of a problem. They're experimenting with a flat fee, I don't know where that's going though.

Hey Dan, are New York and Pennsylbania still in revolt? I'm just curious because my family's originally Pittsburgese, and the lack of news coming from the former U.S.A due to their. . . interesting state just makes me curious about what happened to them.

The government is proud to say that the two states are firmly under the enlightened rule, and occupation shall end shortly. It is sad to note that citizens in New York have not had access to water, power, or food due to a miscommunication in transport, and rebuilding efforts.
 
The government is proud to say that the two states are firmly under the enlightened rule, and occupation shall end shortly. It is sad to note that citizens in New York have not had access to water, power, or food due to a miscommunication in transport, and rebuilding efforts.
Bsf lee.
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(OOC: Key word is Delaware)
 
Well, yes. It costs that much in order to keep it "free." But for those of us with Télécran the same censorship laws apply. You wonder why your internet is so expensive.

Censorship laws? I have never heard of such a thing (unless you are referring to FOIA and the voluntary guidelines - and I DO mean voluntary), and I use my Télécran terminal to access the Internet. Besides, all the Télécran is is almost like a directory service, with a good deal of e-commerce sites and a few BBSes and newsgroups here and there - as well as email. Yes, there are also porn sites, but you get that with any technology. In fact, I just renewed one of my library books through the Télécran. But I tell you, the Internet is almost like a dream come true! Must be New England Telephone at work - Aliant's Télécran service (branded as "Minitel") has no censorship, and the price that I quoted was for Aliant's Sympatico Internet service through the Minitel. AFAIK as well from my friends who are with GTE, SNET, MT&T, NewTel, and EastLink, it's the same thing as Aliant - no censorship on their respective Télécran services (of which many of them use), and the Internet is free Internet.
 
The government is proud to say that the two states are firmly under the enlightened rule, and occupation shall end shortly. It is sad to note that citizens in New York have not had access to water, power, or food due to a miscommunication in transport, and rebuilding efforts.

Now, is this the official reasoning behing it?
 
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Well, Africa Online's rather cheap, so I don't find it much of a problem. They're experimenting with a flat fee, I don't know where that's going though.

GTE and EastLink have been using flat fees for decades, and it has worked great for them - so much so that it is the industry standard. Aliant is actually one of the few companies that still uses a graduated rating system - they are planning on scrapping it next year.

richie42 said:
Hey Dan, are New York and Pennsylbania still in revolt? I'm just curious because my family's originally Pittsburgese, and the lack of news coming from the former U.S.A due to their. . . interesting state just makes me curious about what happened to them.

Well, AFAIK (both through the BCNE, the private media here, and from friends), New York split into two. Upstate New York decided to join with New England, and Downstate New York (including New York City and Long Island) decided to rejoin the US - though not without Staten Island eventually becoming part of New Jersey and some huge problems in Long Island - that is the area that Fenwick is talking about. Interestingly, though, Downstate New York decided to model itself on Singapore and is still successful.

As for Pennsylvania - well, that's divided between "West Pennsylvania" (aka the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania), which is pretty much an independent Canadian-style country, though a bit more centralized than Canada, and "East Pennsylvania" (aka the State of Pennsylvania), which is under the control of the US. East Pennsylvania is in the same boat as the rest of the US, which considering the LONG economic depression that the US has been in for quite some time now I think is a bit stupid. Then again, it's the only way for New York City and New Jersey to get connected with the rest of the US. If I were in charge, though, I'd have New Jersey and Downstate New York part of New England, and I'd have West and East reunited under West Pennsylvania's government.

BTW - I don't know if this news came out outside of New England - what do you think of the Government's bill to expand the college system to cover those areas that are not yet covered? My suspicions are that more Technology Colleges and Community Colleges are going to be built and maybe 1 or 2 additional University Colleges and (even though it's probably a long shot) a few more branches of the Institutes. Whilst that might be the case, I was kind of hoping for some more University Colleges - must be me, reminiscing of my time at Assumption. Fortunately for me, I got my B.A. and my Master's at an autonomous university - yes, Providence U is Roman Catholic, but still at least it's better than a public uni. You should see the state that URI is in - it makes me want to puke. I would've like to have gone to a chartered uni, like Brown, but I don't have the money to pay tuition for that. So long as the Tripartite System is still in place, however, I'm fine.
 
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There is no respect for the dead anymore? Gees, there is no statutory law on respecting the dead? :eek:

OOC: In other words, I CAN SEE IT!!! :D :D ;) ;) :p :p
 

VT45

Banned
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OOC: Use same site, keyword is my username abbreviated.

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OOC: My username again. This makes two DBWIs in which I'm a rebel now.:D
 
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