Facebook In Talks To Provide Free Internet To US

The Internet is for porn; And SJW's, apparently.

I am as far from a SJW as it gets. I simply understand the realities of the job market as I recently went through an extremely rough time. You absolutely cannot find a decent paying job without internet access. Now mind you I wouldn't support them getting free high speed, just basic access. A 1-3Mb connection with a data limit is more than enough to accomplish quality job searching and basic online courses. I also agree that $15/hr for fast food is absurd, but at the same time minimum wage isn't a livable wage and at this point something needs to be done about it. People who are out every day working their asses off 40+ hours a week shouldn't still make so little that they qualify for food stamps. There is a huge problem when someone is employed full time and still makes so little that they qualify for all social programs.
 
Cool. Remember Juno dialup back in the old days? Free dialup sponsored by ads. Pain in the ass, but it worked for a lot of people. It'd be nice, even if it was 256Kb or so per user. Just minimum to check email and very light browsing (job applications, homework, etc.). Even 1Mbps would be good. I'd definitely like to see this happen. Not fast enough for Netflix and all that, but good enough to do basic things.
Today's web pages are all so graphic intensive (caused by the seeding by Intel and Microsoft, among others I'm sure like Nvidia and ATI, to get everyone to create more graphics than text in pages) that slow connections will take forever to load or will never complete loading at all and time out. The web of the 90's that worked just fine with a 56K modem doesn't exist anymore. Even basic email pages are loaded with graphics on the sides of the page. No, the only thing you'll be able to load will be Facebook. The good stuff is never free.
 
Today's web pages are all so graphic intensive (caused by the seeding by Intel and Microsoft, among others I'm sure like Nvidia and ATI, to get everyone to create more graphics than text in pages) that slow connections will take forever to load or will never complete loading at all and time out. The web of the 90's that worked just fine with a 56K modem doesn't exist anymore. Even basic email pages are loaded with graphics on the sides of the page. No, the only thing you'll be able to load will be Facebook. The good stuff is never free.

I've had <512Kb about a year or two ago (bad connection). It was usable. NOT fun, not productive. Like using a Pentium 2, 64MB RAM with Windows XP today... Not fun, but usable. Maybe bump it up to 1Mb. That should work. :)
 
You know what I'm sick of? Apologists like you that think that it's okay for multiple generations of families to sit on their asses, do drugs all day and collect money for contributing absolutely zero to society. It sickens me that people are okay with tax dollars going towards this shit. Are there people that legitimately need assistance? Sure. But it should be assistance, not fucking support for a lifetime.

this is why I generally dont post here anymore. lots of kids with reading disabilities and repressed anger issues. You sound like Eric Cartman. Grow up, stop thinking with your...I dont know what you are thinking with. maybe take a laxative and go sit down?
 
this is why I generally dont post here anymore. lots of kids with reading disabilities and repressed anger issues. You sound like Eric Cartman. Grow up, stop thinking with your...I dont know what you are thinking with. maybe take a laxative and go sit down?


And you think that your substance-less rebuttal is doing what, exactly? At least I can articulate how I feel. Yourself? Not so much.
 
Back
Top