MonsterMonster @ MonsterMonster @lemmy.world

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Not a surprise. The quality has dropped, they've priced themselves out of the market so that ordinary cafes (diners) are cheaper.

I've heard these grandiose announcements over the last 15 years where it is already known that rural areas have rubbish broadband. Plans were announced, huge amounts of money were given to telcos , usually BT, and nothing happens in the rural areas but towns and cities get super fast fibre.

The telcos do not want to upgrade Comms infrastructure in rural areas as they are invariably sparsely populated so the profits don't exist. But they're happy to take the tax-payers money though.

With the onset of mobile phones, wired/fibre solutions become increasingly expensive and less likely in such areas and we're still waiting for a decent signal.

And so it goes on.

IOC officials seem to be a special breed of stupidity and naivety.

This shouldn't come as any surprise as many people can't afford basic day to day living costs because of low wages and reduced employee security.

An investment savings fund built up over ones working life to provide an income in retirement.

I took things into my own hands. Once my 12 months SIM only contract was up almost two years ago I moved over to a rolling 30-day. I will not go back to the big players on anything more than 30 days. Fuck the greedy bastards.

Mmm earlier it said £94, the extracted body text said "X and X" and now it's £19.

Judging by the way wages have dropped since 2008, at latest, it feels as if we're heading for a new era of feudalism.

Definitely needs a TL;DR.

Is this the same chain of Burek King in New Jersey?

I know you are not joking. On top of that Ukraine provides a suitable test bed for weapons research.

We're only now feeling the effects of the water privatisation of a few decades ago along with the selling off of the council houses.

When it was reported on the radio news yesterday they said "jumped into the engine". I cannot find anything else to confirm if that's true. Either way it's horrific.

Yes you certainly have.

For clarity, I have not stated any excuse whatsoever, certainly not for Tories, but rather a reflection on where we are at present, where we could possibly be in the future and what has happened previously.

The realistic prospect of an armed conflict with Russia is what has changed.

Whether we cannot afford it is irrelevant, we may have no choice. We couldn't afford it in 1939 and it wasn't long ago that we'd only finished paying for our WW2 debts.

Unless something drastic happens that Putin comes to his senses we are in most likelihood heading for very dark times.

We're not the only country considering a return to National Service/Conscription.

For a few years now I've thought that the food industry will feature as the next controversy as tobacco has been. Years ago I read an article about High Fructose Corn Syrup, its history and its negative effect on the liver. I can't find the original but this one comes close. Ever since I've avoided HFCS.

We then have hydrogenated fats that are considered bad for the body.

The bottom line is that these ingredients are produced to make food production cheaper but at the expense of a healthy diet. Industry sector lobbying helps these ingredients to the market.

I heard that in the US she's known as Moscow Marjorie.

I suspect there should be a /s on the end there.

I found them to be total rubbish in my area and was tied in for 12 months. But someone else in another area will find them brilliant. The only provider that I found having the best decent consistency was EE. But I refuse to go into a 12month+ contract with these new rip off mid term price increases.

There was a time that the UK government had China involved in the development of a new nuclear power station, Sizewell C. They corrected their mistake.