[Leaplist] Brighthouse or Embarq?

[Jesse Goerz]

On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 23:29 -0500, John Simpson wrote:
> On 2007-12-18, at 2138, Jesse Goerz wrote:
> >
> > I had the same problems (I have brighthouse).  I wasn't as savvy and
> > just figured my recurring "line noise" problem was at it again.
> > However, the person I talked to at customer support didn't run through
> > the normal checklist at all and just gave up really quickly.  It
> > wouldn't surprise me one bit if they were logging everything.  After
> > all, it's just marketing analysis.
> 
> if it's "marketing analysis", then they're using MY browsing habits  
> without my permission or consent, and without compensating me for MY  
> data. my browsing habits are none of their business.
> 
> if it's government surveillance, then they (the government and/or  
> brighthouse) are interfering with my privacy. again, my browsing  
> habits are none of their business.
> 
> and whether it's brighthouse or the government, i'm not paying them to  
> keep tabs on me. if it's brighthouse, i pay them to provide  
> connectivity to the internet. if it's the government, i'm paying them  
> to "form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic  
> tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general  
> welfare, and ensure the blessings of liberty." nowhere in there does  
> it say they're supposed to be keeping track of what i'm doing- they  
> seem to forget who's the boss here. (hint: it's "we the people" who  
> are the boss.)

It's hard to be sarcastic in email.  Just in case anyone didn't catch
it, I was being sarcastic ;-)  I couldn't agree with you more.

Jesse