Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

The Dunning-Kruger Effect.

"...hey genius, (@1sab), notice you said Ancient Greece. how is that common good working out for current day Greece? "

It is like trying to have a conversation with a chicken.

The Pipes belong to AT&T and unlike one poster I find it hard to believe they equate the taxpayer funded Internet beginnings to the AT&T built Global Network. AT&T should have stayed out of DTV as most of us now agree but if they want to stream now (most agree this is the future) then TW could be successful if the cards play out right. As far as FANG (reason we hear for both acquisitions) if leadership stayed out of DTV and Time Warner we could have let them fight it out among themselves (and charged them for priority access) and built FBB to every address in america including out of region for 150 Billion dollars. Imagine that- staying in our core competency for the last 100 years. Then none of us would be posting on a Layoff board................................

hey genius, (@1sab), notice you said Ancient Greece. how is that common good working out for current day Greece? very well right? Common good is what the first pilgrims used and they almost starved to death. the countries the rely heavily on common good are basket cases and a small set of elites control everything. plus who decide what is the common good? you decry ATT but you have the CHOICE to leave and either form your own company or go somewhere else. In the US, despite all you haters, everyone has the opportunity to become wealthy. sure some will become richer than others. but we all move in and out of different classes. common good is code for communism and we all see how that common good is working out for Venezuela and NK right?

The idea of the common good comes from ancient Greece, not North Korea. But I understand, if the facts don't fit the way you want them to then it is time to move on.

But be sure to call names and throw labels around, that covers your rear as you scamper away.

Please give me a break. And the governments have not collected more taxes than they spent? ROTFL. You are truly a mo--n. Common good is how communist countries operate, if thats what you desire then you are free to move to North Korea or Venezuela. Anyway i think we need to move this discussion off a layoff blog.

The original internet protocols and infrastructure was built using taxpayer money.

We either live in a society or we live in a jungle; telling people who do not like corporate piracy and exploitation of the common good to go build their own networks is like me telling you to build your own road the next time you go to the store.

Faulty and absurd logic designed to support the conclusion you want, not the facts of the real world.

As a society we collectively create and enjoy the benefits of the common good, it is how we as a society prosper and improve our lives. The common good includes roads, sidewalks, education, sewage systems etc.

Pop your ideological bubble and join the real world.

Lol, lots of hyperbole. I suspect the author was one of the chicken littles that claimed that rolling back the asinine rules imposed by Obama FCC iin 2015 will cause the Internet to “collapse” please note the Internet did not collapse despite no “net neutrality” rules being in place.

As for the rest of the column, i hav one question to ask. Who owns the pipes the traffic flows on? The customers or the companies who build them? According to them, usage caps are unnecessary, says who? If this person is ticked off at the ISPs why dont they go out and build their own network? Flak jacket is on for the haters who will call me names like shill for att etc. Shrug.