David Howland 's BestNetTech Comments

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• On the post: Verizon Tries To Temper 5G Enthusiasm After Report Clearly Shows US 5G Is Slow, Lame

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 21 May, 2020 @ 07:25am

  Re:

  jesus man, don't give them ideas

• On the post: Dead People Mysteriously Support The FCC's Attack On Net Neutrality

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 21 Nov, 2017 @ 01:41pm

  Re: Re:

  Needs more rocket ships.

• On the post: Case Dismissed: Judge Throws Out Shiva Ayyadurai's Defamation Lawsuit Against BestNetTech

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2017 @ 04:14pm

  The only thing Ayyadurai ever invented was new ways to be an asshole.

• On the post: Legal Threats By Charles Harder & Shiva Ayyadurai Targeting More Speech

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2017 @ 01:48pm

  Re: Time for a new verb...

  You went full Trump, man. Never go full Trump.

• On the post: Legal Threats By Charles Harder & Shiva Ayyadurai Targeting More Speech

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2017 @ 01:47pm

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  lawyers that go fully off the reservation do get disbarred. the real problem here is that lawyers in a general sense don't consider the above behavior to be a real problem

• On the post: Legal Threats By Charles Harder & Shiva Ayyadurai Targeting More Speech

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2017 @ 09:57am

  Keep fighting, Mike. These guys have no respect for truth or freedom, and someone needs to stand up to them.

• On the post: Law Enforcement Has Been Using OnStar, SiriusXM, To Eavesdrop, Track Car Locations For More Than 15 Years

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2017 @ 10:57am

  How does SiriusXM track cars? As far as I know, satellite radio is entirely a 1-way technology.

• On the post: Trump Not Even Waiting To Get Into Office Before Threatening The First Amendment, Press Freedoms

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2017 @ 02:45pm

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  It's not fake news. The news report was that a dossier was included in intelligence briefings. That is 100% true. CNN didn't make it newsworthy, the intelligence officials did when they briefed the president elect.
  
  You know what's ACTUALLY fake news? That Obama was born in Kenya. Or that Cruz's father helped assassinate JFK. Or any one of a hundred blatantly false things Trump said during the campaign, and continues to say now.

• On the post: Trump Not Even Waiting To Get Into Office Before Threatening The First Amendment, Press Freedoms

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2017 @ 02:35pm

  Re: Talk about fake news

  Willful ignorance, right there.

• On the post: Trump Not Even Waiting To Get Into Office Before Threatening The First Amendment, Press Freedoms

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2017 @ 02:39pm

  With his buddy Pete Thiel at his side, a contempt for the first amendment isn't very surprising. Traitors, all of them.
  
  Remember that rumor that Trump would nominate Thiel to the supreme court? Yeah, if that comes to pass we may as well just start preparing the rockets so we can blast ourselves off this planet.

• On the post: Techdirt's First Amendment Fight For Its Life

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2017 @ 03:23pm

  Re: Re: Re: What goes around, comes around

  uhmm, no it's not. "you lied" or "liar" and similar descriptions are classic examples of protected statements of opinion. go back and read about defamation, fool

• On the post: Techdirt's First Amendment Fight For Its Life

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2017 @ 12:53pm

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  No doubt the filing in Massachusetts was intentional because they have a very weak anti-SLAPP law. It only protects cases that involve speech directed at the government. However, it is possible that BestNetTech could fit into a broad interpretation of the guidelines since they usually are talking about government-related topics like lawsuits and policy making.

• On the post: Techdirt's First Amendment Fight For Its Life

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2017 @ 12:35pm

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  Mike has contributed more to the world through BestNetTech than you ever will. If you cared about facts or truth, you wouldn't be so butthurt. Now take your foolish ass outside while the adults are talking.

• On the post: Techdirt's First Amendment Fight For Its Life

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2017 @ 12:32pm

  Re: What goes around, comes around

  Insults are not defamation, dumbass.

• On the post: Donald Trump Demonstrating How Much Of Our Political System Is Based On Tradition & Custom, Not Rules

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2017 @ 12:10pm

  "fascinating" is one way to put it

  another is that this whole thing is one giant fucking facepalm.

• On the post: Appeals Court Rejects Silly Case Against Google Over Search Results Summary

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2016 @ 09:02am

  Crazy is as crazy does

  Based on his filings with the court, I'm sure we'll be seeing this name in the headlines again when he finally cracks and starts shooting people.

• On the post: Comcast Expands Usage Caps, Still Pretending This Is A Neccessary Trial Where Consumer Opinion Matters

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2016 @ 08:06am

  They aren't trying to measure user satisfaction with Comcast. They are trying to measure how much they can get away without boiling over into the news media. As long as they keep user rage under those levels they don't have to worry about regulatory action.

• On the post: Verizon Tries To 'Debunk' News Reports Pointing Out Its New Wireless Plans Stink

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2016 @ 09:21am

  Can we get a more measured analysis please?

  Let me start by saying that I'm no fan of Verizon. I think the best thing about them is that, hey, at least they aren't Comcast. I currently hold a grandfathered unlimited plan with Verizon. So, I love a good point-and-laugh article about one of their press releases, but this part got to me.
  
  

  
  As its opening salvo, Verizon repeats its claim that a 17% rate hike isn't a rate hike if you squint and look at the numbers in just the right way:
  
  Myth: Verizon is raising prices with its new plans.
  
  Reality: The price per GB is lower, across the board. The price went from $30 to $17.50 per GB on the S size plan and from $5.56 to $4.58 on XXL.
  
  This is, of course, not unlike the cable industry trying to claim you're not really paying too much for cable because you're now getting more amazing value per channel. In reality, usage caps are already arbitrary constructs with no ties to real-world costs, and Verizon's entire plan structure is carefully built to drive as many customers to the most expensive data plans. Plans they may not need, but sign up for simply because they have no idea what a megabyte even is, and want to avoid any risk of absurd $15 per gigabyte overage fees.
  

  
  
  Can we at least acknowledge that the price per GB is being lowered? One of our main complaints is that they overcharge per GB, so they should at least get some credit for reducing that number. Otherwise we just seem biased.
  
  Instead, I would focus on two things. First that the price of entry has increased. Second that Verizon doesn't value every GB equally.
  
  They need to called out on the fact they they are trying to make Internet access a premium product. Between higher costs for entry level plans and zero-rating of their own content they are expressing that access to independent, unfiltered information is not for the poor. I don't like that message one bit.
  
  The second point is what strikes me the most. Verizon apparently values it's precious bandwith less if you're willing to write a bigger check. Why are we not calling them out for this? It undermines essentially every argument they make defending their pricing. Lower-tier plans which are more likely to get overage charges are more expensive per GB. Higher-tier plans which you might expect to be used more are less expensive per GB. It's completely backwards and suggests a cynical focus on forcing the customer to trade off overage charge fees vs unused pre-paid data.
  
  A deeper dive into why we are so critical would be better than just harping on the fact that the new number is bigger than the old number.

• On the post: Should A Court Allow A Case To Disappear Entirely Because The Person Regrets Filing It?

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2016 @ 09:00am

  Re: Unreasonable request

  Again, the individual in question has made a very credible case that the existence of these records is making it difficult for the person to move forward in life, and they truly regret the filings.

  
  
  Translation:
  
  The individual regrets it now that they lost the case and their malice is having an impact on their own life. Would they regret it if they had won? I think not.

• On the post: Should A Court Allow A Case To Disappear Entirely Because The Person Regrets Filing It?

  

  David Howland ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2016 @ 09:08am

  Betteridge's law of headlines

  "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."

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