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halliburtonsux Donating Member (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-02-08 08:33 PM
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Time Warner Cable tries metering Internet use
Time Warner Cable tries metering Internet use --Time Warner Cable starts customer trial with metered Internet access in Texas 02 Jun 2008 Would you be willing to pay extra if your home computer goes over its Internet allowance? Time Warner Cable Inc. customers -- and, later, others -- may have to, if the company's test of metered Internet access is 'successful.' (That idea needs to be shot down quicker than Blackwater's new Brazilian fighter plane.)
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-02-08 08:36 PM
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1. That's a really, really bad idea. nt
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mzteris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-02-08 08:40 PM
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2. b*llsh*t!!!!!!! n/t
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halliburtonsux Donating Member (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-02-08 09:07 PM
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3. Yup, insane. n/t
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halliburtonsux Donating Member (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-02-08 09:09 PM
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4. Here are the direct URLs for the items:
Time Warner Cable tries metering Internet use --Time Warner Cable starts customer trial with metered Internet access in Texas 02 Jun 2008
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080602/tec_time_warner_cable_internet.html

Blackwater buys Brazilian-made fighter plane: Report 01 Jun 2008
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-06-01-blackwater-brazlian-fighter-plane_N.htm

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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-02-08 09:59 PM
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5. The time I spend on DU alone would send me over the limit
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papapi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-02-08 10:52 PM
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6. Money grubbing sons-of-beaches!!!
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