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Re: Net neutrality is dead

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Am 20.12.2017 um 10:19 schrieb Paul Sture:
> On 2017-12-17, Peter Mc Donough <mcd-mail-lists@gmx.net> wrote:
>> Am 17.12.2017 um 14:54 schrieb Paul Sture:
>>> On 2017-12-17, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>>> ...
>>> I tried calling BT's Directory Enquiries to get the number of someone
>>> who had switched and was told that without the name of the alternate
>>> provider they couldn't help me.
>>
>> Which makes sense. Looking up a number cost time and that is money. Why
>> should they spend what you save?.
> 
> You are missing the point.  The fact that I suddenly needed to know
> someone's supplier was completely unexpected.  I'd not heard it
> discussed in any of the news items about Directory Enquiries that I'd
> listened to.

You are right.
What I noticed, that often people expect some service without 
considering that providing that service will have to be paid by group 
"somebody". They are then astonished that they are suddenly assigned to 
group "somebody".

cu
Peter

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                Re: Net neutrality demise Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2017-11-28 10:29 +0000
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        Re: Net neutrality is dead RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2017-12-15 01:00 +0000
        Re: Net neutrality is dead Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2017-12-15 16:19 +0100
        Re: Net neutrality is dead Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2017-12-15 18:18 +0200
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              Re: Net neutrality is dead Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2017-12-20 10:19 +0100
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