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We designed and built those computers with components intended to last 20 years with 24/7 use. These days the mean time to failure is five years.
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California solved problems with electricity competition by separating distribution from production. We pay our local electric company for the wire in the ground but can choose the power generator.

Modem-based Internet was the same thing. We paid the local telephone company for the line and choose the ISP. I think that the whole issue could be solved if broadband companies allowed other ISPs on their infrastructure.
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My ISP blocks access to outbound port 25 (Sending E-Mail) except to their servers. It also blocks inbound port 80 (Web Pages). It monitors certain data usage and contacts clients if they go to "no-no" sites (File Sharing). They "get away with it" because it is in our contract.

The WiFi at my favorite lunch place blocks anything except Web Pages and E-Mail.

While I support Net Neutrality, I wonder what we should do about this sort of filtering.
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