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To 'dpaul'  (troll).   I'm not a teacher. But I respect the jobs they try to do (with little appreciation and a lot of crap from the likes of you).  We need to support them and look at them as educators not baby sitters.  Most of the teachers I know want the best for their students, try thier hardest to reach them, and went into the job as a career verging on a calling (and yes there are bad eggs but, as in any field, you'll always find a few).   The alternative to not educating the young is to live with a bunch of uneducated people voting and making even worse decisions and dragging the country down even faster.

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Schools which started out underfunded,  are currently underfunded and, from all evididence will remain, undefunded.  Put it on a solid footing, bring it up to where it will have to be and the "schools" won't be so prone to being nervous everytime a financial downturn occurs. 

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Yet again someone trots out the "cut the teachers retirement" argument.  It's tiring and boring and completely bogus. There are NO teachers walking away with "million dollar" benefits packages.  These people don't have any data, they only want to find a scapegoat.  Let's see some evidence!

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Excellent Question. This should be put to the on-air guests!

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Post the URL that shows the ratio

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On what data do you base the assertion that peer-to-peer is being used to download "copywritten material for free". There are many many legitimate users using bit-torrent and other p2p services/protocols to down load valid data.

Show us the data.

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I believe that ISP blocking of specific users is breaking the tacit agreement they made with their users. If the users pay for a service advertised as 5/2Mbps then that is the expectation. If the user wants a premium service with faster transfer rates then the ISPs will sell it, why should the user not be given what was sold?

It should be incumbent on the provider to provide the advertised capacity. If they can not and they fail over a prolonged period of time then they should be required to augment or improve their equipment to correct the situation. I would suggest that test sites be provided and advertised by governing organizations (and prominently advertised) that would allow users to check on their service provider, should they suspect that they are being "metered" or blocked.

Internet connections should be treated as utilities such as gas or electricity. The consumer has the choice of which to buy and the expectation that, barring unforeseen circumstances, the service will be provided. Promoting more subscribers through advertising, and the subsequent increase in bandwidth requirements, is not an unforeseen circumstance. If you are going to sell, then be prepared to provide the service.

Don't get me started on the price of our services compared to Asia or Europe. The US is grossly behind the curve in that area.

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