Archive 16. August 2006

Kurt advises Telekom to talk about VDSL - you can think what you want about Telekom, like or not, but doesn't it seem strange to anyone but me that a supposedly now private corporation is being forced to make millions of investments, to which other large corporations like British Telecom (which was also subsidized for a long time, just by the British) expect "unrestricted access"? Is that all that the alleged free marketeers can come up with - forced giving away of services that are pushed with our tax money and built with our contributions? To foreign corporations that are also well subsidized themselves?

Uncertainty about the legal validity of ElsterOnline - handcrafted errors, my Ass.

Vampire sea spiders suck on prey - Deep-sea monster spiders.

Fishermen missing for nine months rescued - wow. The three fishermen should sell the film rights as quickly as possible.