haha, I love the Onion

Monthly Service – Mar 28 thru Apr 27
Call Plan Unlimited 13.82
Non-Published Service 4.95
Caller Identification 7.50
Calling Name Display 2.00

Fuck, why is my phone bill twice what it should be simply so solicitors can't bug the shit out of me? Why should I have to pay so goddamn much?
That's a 1A, Ameritech, and I know for a fact it's been there since January 30, 1982. Why do I have to pay for a service that has been long since subsidized? It's not like you have to pay Western Electric for software updates on that beast every month simply to serve me caller ID. ha!
Bitches.

--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDTnoweb4u*12489780035
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDTnoweb4u*12489780035
CONNECT 115200
98
--> Carrier detected.  Waiting for prompt.
Authorized use only-Unauthorized use is Prohibited-Sprint-IP
Username/Login: 
--> Looks like a login prompt.


64 bytes from 66.93.4.86: icmp_seq=532 ttl=244 time=290.0 ms

🙂

One of the reasons I don't post publically much.

(18:14:03) noweb4u: would you pay to use ricochet?
(18:14:04) SmarterChild: You think I should pay to use ricochet?
(18:14:09) noweb4u: of course
(18:14:09) SmarterChild: Oh.
(18:14:35) noweb4u: so would you pay to use ricochet?
(18:14:35) SmarterChild: Wow, that's fascinating. Maybe!
(18:19:05) noweb4u: How much would you be willing to pay for mobile internet access?
(18:19:06) SmarterChild: I'm just not sure…