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Subject: Re: marlin.com and SPL internet services

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ralph058

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Date Posted: 10:49:46 07/29/13 Mon
In reply to: Jim Scott 's message, "Re: marlin.com and SPL internet services" on 20:21:31 07/23/13 Tue

Why do you deride them as Obama phones? The program was started under George HW. Obama switched them to cells at a great savings. They don't come out of the general fund but are part of your phone bill.

>For years I had a DSL account with Earthlink over my
>residential Southern Bell line with AT&T as my long
>distance carrier. That dropped from 3 bills per month
>to 2 when AT&T and Southern Bell merged back together.
> Earthlink got less reliable every year and my Comcast
>cable was going down hill also. When AT&T U-verse
>became available I dumped all the above and went down
>to one montly bill. My point is that you can have
>service from 3 different companies over one twisted
>pair of phone lines.
>
>My younger brother lives in west Kentucky 7 miles from
>the nearest cell tower but he has his internet over a
>Verizon wireless cell modem with good speed but
>moderate rates with a low monthly data cap that bumps
>the cost to outrageous if the cap is exceeded. His
>county is very rural where 1/3 of the residents are
>mostly farmers, 1/3 of the residents are not allowed
>to vote, and the final 1/3 are guarding the second
>group in the state's maximum security prison.
>
>Jim
>
>
>
>>I'm interested in more on this subject. IIRC
>>marlin.com started offering DSL in the early days when
>>the local phone co was in the process of selling
>>itself out to a conglomerate (Verizon?). Not sure how
>>Mark was offering DSL in the area unless he had an
>>agreement with the telco or electric utility to use
>>their poles (and there wasn't a state regulatory
>>agency getting in the way). Might this have been
>>'naked DSL' (independent of the voice connection)? I
>>know that VZ was slow to make DSL available in low
>>density rural areas.
>>........................

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[> [> [> Subject: Re:'Obama phones' (was marlin.com and SPL internet services
Author: bytemangler [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 22:41:13 07/29/13 Mon >Why do you deride them as Obama phones? The program >was started under George HW. Obama switched them to >cells at a great savings. They don't come out of the >general fund but are part of your phone bill. > And what suggests that these phones have a data plan with internet access?