You're still poisoning the planet and doing nothing to end it, let alone fix it. And you're giving foreign powers the ability to strangle the U.S. economy at a stroke.

There is just no reason to assume trust when by definition and practice you have proven yourself untrustworthy. This is true for corporations, and for all of us.

It is cynicism that must be fought, and beaten, before the War on Fear can begin. And cynicism can only be fought on an individual level.

Moore's Law has not been repealed. New gear, quickly written-off, still delivers better service for less than Verizon can, when its costs are taken into account.

Corporations have options. There is competition for their business, so they get the best rates from vendors. Consumers don't have options, and thus are going to be screwed. The only way this changes is when consumers are given choices to match those corporations have.

Just a personal note here to let y’all know that I will be live-blogging the coming Freedom2Connect conference in Silver Spring, Maryland, on April 2-3. That coverage will be featured right here, at www.danablankenhorn.com and 200billionscandal.typepad.com. Edited stories from the even will be featured at Open Source, the blog I produce for ZDNet. I hope […]

There is an enormous opportunity here for competitors like Level 3 and Google to set up competing access networks throughout Verizon's service territory. All they need to do is advertise "Real Internet Service" and explain what that means, then write it into their contracts.

Until we recognize that the key to the future lies in the new, not the old, these companies (China, India, Brazil) will continue to pass us. We will be left in the dustbin of history. And we will deserve that fate.

The only remaining question is how long Americans will allow the experiment to go on until they learn the lesson, overthrow the oppressors, and return this nation to the path of its Founders. One year? Three years? And what will be left of this country at the end?

Somewhere, in the remotest portion of one of India's remotest and poorest provinces, a family is soon going to be surfing the Net faster than you, in a competitive market, for less money.