On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 15:52:28 -0300, Christoph Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 13:01:04 -0500 > John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Christoph Simon writes: > > > Living in a country where monopolies are ilegal... > > > > Which country might that be? > > I'm not a lawyer, so I can't offer you a legal definition of a > monopoly, but ask Microsoft about their last big trial and that which > still seem to be in process in the EU. Or wasn't that in the end about > being a monopoly and taking unfair advantage of it? Here I've got a > `provider' who provides nothing than privacy violating filters > (causing absurd latencies) and tells me that he'll switch off my > internet connection if I don't pay my monthly fee. It's like some > protection fee to the mafia. Well, he's a contents provider, but I > didn't ask for any of that Microsoft-only crap. Would you think that > in the US a judge would accept the unilateral modification of a > consumer's contract (Telefônica and Terra did this here), making you > pay the double for less? Is there any company in the world which can > do that without having the status of a monopoly? ..www.telenor.no ? It "only" has the copper... ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
