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Why Price Telecommunications is the Ideal Partner for Scalable VoIP Solutions

VoIP Phone Systems Scalability for Growing Business

What is Scalability in VoIP and Why Does It Matter?

VoIP Phone System scalability is more than just a buzzword—it’s a key component in ensuring your business VoIP phone system is equipped to scale as your business grows. 

Price Telecommunications provides scalable VoIP phone systems that scale effortlessly, allowing you to increase or reduce call capacity based on your communication needs. Whether you’re hiring a large new team or shifting to a smaller workforce, our VoIP phone systems can adapt without expensive phone upgrades or call system downtimes. 

By choosing Price Telecommunications, you ensure that your VoIP phone system is scalable and ready for whatever changes come your way, giving your business the call system flexibility it needs.

VoIP Call System Flexibility for Changing Business Needs

Adding or Removing Users with Scalable VoIP Phone Systems

At Price Telecommunications, we believe your VoIP phone and call communication system should be as flexible as your business needs. With our scalable VoIP phone service, you can quickly add or remove call users through an intuitive online platform. There’s no need to wait for network technicians or deal with hardware installations because the VoIP phone system is managed remotely, allowing you to add phones to your scalable VoIP phone system to adapt to staffing changes in real-time.

Our flexible VoIP phone system means you can adjust user numbers instantly, making it perfect for businesses that experience seasonal fluctuations or rapid growth. Price Telecommunications makes managing your phone and call communication infrastructure simple and efficient.

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The Role of Cloud-Based VoIP in Scalability

A cloud-based VoIP phone system is essential for businesses looking to scale quickly, and Price Telecommunications offers one of the most reliable scalable VoIP cloud solutions available. By hosting your VoIP phone system in the cloud, you can easily manage multiple locations, remote employees, and growing teams without needing expensive physical infrastructure.

With Price Telecommunications’ cloud VoIP phone systems, you benefit from automatic updates, secure backups, and system redundancy. This ensures your VoIP phone system is future-proof and enhances your business’s overall call communication capabilities as you grow.

VoIP Phone System and Planning for the Future 

Anticipating Your Communication Needs with Scalable VoIP

A VoIP phone system that is scalable is essential in planning for future growth. VoIP phone systems are built to avoid costly and time-consuming phone system changes. 

We help you anticipate your long-term VoIP phone and call communication needs at Price Telecommunications. VoIP phone systems can scale with your business; whether you’re looking to expand your workforce, open new offices, or implement advanced VoIP phone features like analytics and international calling, we provide a scalable VoIP phone system tailored to meet those demands.

Our VoIP team helps to ensure that your VoIP phone system grows in sync with your organization, keeping call communication smooth and VoIP phone systems reliable as you expand.

Contact Price Telecommunications for expert scalable VoIP phone systems for your business or family office.

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[mortalityplays]

I know you have all probably seen the esims for gaza posts circulating. Some of you have probably looked at them and thought maybe you should help out, but have weighed up the daunting process of signing up for something you're unfamiliar with vs. the gut-wrenching scale of the things people are going through on the ground right now, and you've put it off or questioned whether it will make enough of a difference vs. some other future kind of activism you could put that $6+ towards. I'm not calling you out or scolding you, it is natural to feel conflicted and ambivalent about the multiple calls for aid that you are seeing on social media.

but consider this: what would you do if you suddenly had to leave your home? how would you cope? how would you begin to plan where to go next, or figure out what to do to take care of yourself? most likely you would reach reflexively for your phone.

telecoms access is not a petty luxury in 2024. a loaded esim means the ability to call family members and find out where they are and whether they're safe, and whether they need anything you can provide for them. it means access to maps and regular updates on the situation unfolding around you. it means you can look up whether it's safe to drink rain water, or how to tie a type of knot you've never had to think about before, or how to treat an injury without medical supplies. it means the ability to tell people outside the situation what you are seeing, what you are feeling, what you are thinking. it is an absolutely crucial resource. and it starts at $6 for 7 days.

many many people have observed that internet access is changing the way the world understands genocide. internet access is life or death, and it is shaping modern history in front of you. and it starts at $6 for 7 days.

please, please visit gazaesims.com and spend 5 minutes and $6 to change the way this plays out for everyone.

[socialjusticefail]

This article is talking about organizations that are trying to smear community owned broadband.

I didn't look at the comments on this article, but in previous articles that had a comment section on this topic, a certain town would be mentioned because people loved bragging about how much they lover their community owned broadband.

[ezaccesscommunications]

Website: https://www.ezaccesscommunications.com/

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[saywhat-politics]

A federal appeals court struck down net neutrality on Thursday, ending the widely popular regulatory doctrine that mandated internet service providers to treat all internet traffic equally.

The ruling from the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ends a federal rule prohibiting broadband providers from throttling internet speeds or blocking traffic to specific sites.

“The FCC lacks the statutory authority to impose its desired net-neutrality policies,” the judges wrote, overturning what they called the Federal Communication Commission’s “heavy-handed regulatory regime.”

The pro-consumer policy of net neutrality was implemented by President Barack Obama and gutted during Donald Trump's first term. It was reinstated in April of last year by the Biden administration. The now-defunct policy holds that internet carriers are akin to telecom providers and must comply with common carrier regulations governing those services.

Telecom giants like Verizon and AT&T have opposed the policy for nearly a decade, spending big money to back anti-regulation candidates. 

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Elon Musk reacts as Brazil’s ban on X takes effect

Billionaire investor Elon Musk lashed out at a Brazilian Supreme Court justice early Saturday as internet service providers in the country started blocking his social media platform X following a court order.

In his ruling on Friday, Justice Alexandre de Moraes gave the country's telecoms regulator, Anatel, 24 hours to shut down X, blocking its access in the country of about 203M people, South America's largest.

The Associated Press reported that major operators has begun to comply with the order after midnight local time on Saturday. De Moraes also gave Apple (AAPL) and Alphabet's (GOOGL) (GOOG) five days to prevent downloads of X.

"𝕏 is the most used news source in Brazil. It is what the people want. Now, the tyrant de Voldemort is crushing the people's right to free speech," Musk, CEO of EV maker Tesla (TSLA) and space exploration company SpaceX (SPACE), wrote on X.

"The Brazilian people will learn of his crimes no matter how much he tries to stop it," he added.

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[milfstalin]

There is much concern that Elon Musk’s Starlink intends to provide satellite internet coverage to the United States following the failure of its Red Sea “Operation Prosperity Guardian” alliance to curb Yemen’s pro-Palestinian front.

This conversation has gained traction since the company’s announcement on 18 September that it would launch services in Yemen after months of informal contracts with the Saudi-backed government in Aden. The timing of this announcement raised eyebrows, especially as it coincided with Israel’s terrorist attacks in Lebanon, involving exploding pagers and walkie-talkies.

[...]

The announcement that Yemen would be the first country in West Asia to have full access to its services surprised many – particularly because the US embassy in Yemen was quick to praise the move as an “achievement” that could unlock new opportunities.

[...]

The rival Sanaa government, under which most of Yemen’s population lives, was quick to warn that the Starlink project may threaten Yemen and its national security. Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of Ansarallah’s political bureau, criticized the US embassy’s stance, which he says:

"Confirms the relationship between the launch of Starlink and the war launched by America on Yemen, which threatens to expand the conflict to the orbits of outer space for the first time in history."

[...]

In March, the Financial Times reported that the US and UK faced intelligence shortfalls in their Red Sea campaign, particularly around the capabilities of the Ansarallah-aligned forces’ arsenal. This intelligence gap underlined the west’s need for a reliable spy network, and Starlink’s role in this context raises serious questions.

A Reuters report revealed that SpaceX had signed secret contracts with the US Department of Defense aimed at developing a spy satellite system capable of detecting global threats in real-time.

[...]

Another concerning aspect is the involvement of Israel. Israel’s spy satellites, OFEK-13 and OFEK-14, are reportedly linked to Starlink’s satellite network. SpaceX, as a third party, may provide critical guidance and intelligence to these satellites, further enhancing Tel Aviv’s surveillance capabilities in the region. This connection between Starlink and Israeli intelligence efforts has heightened fears in Yemen that the satellite network will be used to undermine the country’s security and sovereignty.

Currently, Starlink services are available primarily in Yemeni areas controlled by the Saudi and UAE-led coalition, although roaming packages allow temporary access in other regions. This has prompted concerns about data security, privacy, and the spread of misinformation, as unrestricted satellite internet bypasses local government control.

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Moreover, cybersecurity risks are particularly troubling, as the network might be exploited for dangerous purposes, including facilitating terrorist activities like bombings. The presence of a global satellite internet service that bypasses local regulations raises concerns about its potential to disrupt local internet infrastructure.

Starlink could also introduce unfair competition to local provider Yemen Net, further marginalizing the national telecom provider and hindering local development efforts.

[...]

Dr Youssef al-Hadri, a right-wing political affairs researcher, shared his views with The Cradle on the recent events in Lebanon and the ongoing electronic warfare involving the US and its allies. According to Hadri, intelligence agencies operating in areas under the control of the Sanaa government face challenges in detecting the locations of missiles, drones, and military manufacturing sites.

This shortfall became even more apparent after a major intelligence operation exposed a long-running spy cell in Yemen, with activities spanning across multiple sectors.

From the risk of espionage to the undermining of local telecom providers, the implications of Starlink’s operations extend far beyond providing internet access – they could become a vehicle for foreign influence and control.

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3 Oct 2024

[meret118]

The latest fallout from a Supreme Court ruling against regulatory power is a major win for internet providers

A federal appeals court struck down net neutrality on Thursday, ending the widely popular regulatory doctrine that mandated internet service providers to treat all internet traffic equally.The ruling from the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ends a federal rule prohibiting broadband providers from throttling internet speeds or blocking traffic to specific sites.

The pro-consumer policy of net neutrality was implemented by President Barack Obama and gutted during Donald Trump's first term. It was reinstated in April of last year by the Biden administration. The now-defunct policy holds that internet carriers are akin to telecom providers and must comply with common carrier regulations governing those services.

Telecom giants like Verizon and AT&T have opposed the policy for nearly a decade, spending big money to back anti-regulation candidates.

The ruling, handed down on Thursday from three Republican judicial appointees, cited the Supreme Court’s recent overturning of the long-held precedent of "Chevron deference," which asked lower courts to defer to federal agencies' interpretation of the law.

Conservative federal courts have spent the last several years rolling back regulatory protections and the administrative state, with cases limiting the powers of the Environmental Protection Agency, pushing back against the Department of Education's authority to cancel student loans and blocking a Biden administration ban on trans healthcare discrimination.

More at the link.

[mariacallous]

Over nearly a decade, the hacker group within Russia's GRU military intelligence agency known as Sandworm has launched some of the most disruptive cyberattacks in history against Ukraine's power grids, financial system, media, and government agencies. Signs now point to that same usual suspect being responsible for sabotaging a major mobile provider for the country, cutting off communications for millions and even temporarily sabotaging the air raid warning system in the capital of Kyiv.

On Tuesday, a cyberattack hit Kyivstar, one of Ukraine's largest mobile and internet providers. The details of how that attack was carried out remain far from clear. But it “resulted in essential services of the company’s technology network being blocked,” according to a statement posted by Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team, or CERT-UA.

Kyivstar's CEO, Oleksandr Komarov, told Ukrainian national television on Tuesday, according to Reuters, that the hacking incident “significantly damaged [Kyivstar's] infrastructure [and] limited access.”

“We could not counter it at the virtual level, so we shut down Kyivstar physically to limit the enemy's access,” he continued. “War is also happening in cyberspace. Unfortunately, we have been hit as a result of this war.”

The Ukrainian government hasn't yet publicly attributed the cyberattack to any known hacker group—nor have any cybersecurity companies or researchers. But on Tuesday, a Ukrainian official within its SSSCIP computer security agency, which oversees CERT-UA, pointed out in a message to reporters that a group known as Solntsepek had claimed credit for the attack in a Telegram post, and noted that the group has been linked to the notorious Sandworm unit of Russia's GRU.

“We, the Solntsepek hackers, take full responsibility for the cyber attack on Kyivstar. We destroyed 10 computers, more than 4 thousand servers, all cloud storage and backup systems,” reads the message in Russian, addressed to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and posted to the group's Telegram account. The message also includes screenshots that appear to show access to Kyivstar's network, though this could not be verified. “We attacked Kyivstar because the company provides communications to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as government agencies and law enforcement agencies of Ukraine. The rest of the offices helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine, get ready!”

Solntsepek has previously been used as a front for the hacker group Sandworm, the Moscow-based Unit 74455 of Russia's GRU, says John Hultquist, the head of threat intelligence at Google-owned cybersecurity firm Mandiant and a longtime tracker of the group. He declined, however, to say which of Solntsepek’s network intrusions have been linked to Sandworm in the past, suggesting that some of those intrusions may not yet be public. “It's a group that has claimed credit for incidents we know were carried out by Sandworm,” Hultquist says, adding that Solntsepek's Telegram post bolsters his previous suspicions that Sandworm was responsible. "Given their consistent focus on this type of activity, it's hard to be surprised that another major disruption is linked to them.”

If Solntsepek is a front for Sandworm, it would be far from the first. Over its years of targeting Ukrainian infrastructure, the GRU unit has used a wide variety of covers, hiding behind false flags such as independent hacktivist groups and cybercriminal ransomware gangs. It even attempted to frame North Korea for its attack on the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Today, Kyivstar countered some of Solntsepek's claims in a post on X, writing that “we assure you that the rumors about the destruction of our ‘computers and servers’ are simply fake.” The company had also written on the platform that it hoped to restore its network's operations by Wednesday, adding that it's working with the Ukrainian government and law enforcement agencies to investigate the attack. Kyivstar's parent company, Veon, headquartered in Amsterdam, didn't respond to WIRED's request for more information.

While the fog of war continues to obscure the exact scale of the Kyivstar incident, it already appears to be one of the most disruptive cyberattacks to have hit Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022. In the year that followed, Russia launched more data-destroying wiper attacks on Ukrainian networks than have been seen anywhere else in the world in the history of computing, though most have had far smaller effects than the Kyivstar intrusion. Other major Russian cyberattacks to hit Ukraine over the past 20 months include a cyberattack that crippled thousands of Viasat satellite modems across the country and other parts of Europe, now believed to have been carried out by the GRU. Another incident of cybersabotage, which Mandiant attributes to Sandworm specifically, caused a blackout in a Ukrainian city just as it was being hit by missile strikes, potentially hampering defensive efforts.

It's not yet clear if the Kyivstar attack—if it was indeed carried out by a Russian state-sponsored hacker group—was merely intended to sow chaos and confusion among the company's customers, or if it had a more specific tactical intention, such as disguising intelligence-gathering within Kyivstar's network, hampering Ukrainian military communications, or silencing its alerts to civilians about air raids.

“Telecoms offer intelligence opportunities, but they're also very effective targets for disruption," says Mandiant's Hultquist. “You can cause significant disruption to people's lives. And you can even have military impacts.”

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How Price Telecommunications Ensures Reliable VoIP Service for Your Business

Understanding VoIP Call Quality Metrics in VoIP Phone Systems

VoIP Phone System Call Quality

Call quality is a critical aspect of any VoIP phone system. At Price Telecommunications, we deliver high-quality calls by keeping latency, jitter, and packet loss at a minimum. 

By reducing latency in your VoIP system (the delay in transmitting voice), controlling jitter (which ensures the consistent delivery of data packets), and minimizing packet loss (to avoid dropped calls), we ensure every conversation is clear and uninterrupted with the best VoIP Phone System for your business.

Price Telecommunications offers a robust VoIP phone system that allows businesses to monitor these key metrics, ensuring your VoIP communication remains seamless regardless of circumstances.

Choosing a VoIP Phone System Provider with a Strong Uptime Record

VoIP phone systems that are reliable is a necessity.

For businesses, having a reliable VoIP phone system is crucial. That’s why Price Telecommunications guarantees 99.99% uptime for all of our VoIP phone services. With such a high uptime, you can rest assured that you’ll always have a dependable VoIP phone system, no matter the time of day or volume of calls.

Our advanced VoIP IT network infrastructure is built to avoid downtime, and our VoIP phone system SLA ensures that if an issue does arise, it’s addressed quickly and efficiently. Price Telecommunications is dedicated to providing reliable VoIP phone service, so your business never has to worry about communication or call disruptions.

An Optimized VoIP Phone Network Setup for Crystal-Clear Calls

VoIP Phone Systems Offer Clear Calls

Achieving high-quality calls isn’t just about having a great VoIP phone system provider—it’s also about having the right VoIP IT network setup. Price Telecommunications supports optimizing your VoIP network, ensuring you have enough bandwidth and that voice traffic is prioritized with Quality of Service (QoS) configurations.

We work with your IT team to ensure that your VoIP phone network is properly set up to handle VoIP calls, making sure your team and customers always experience crystal-clear conversations. From small businesses to large enterprises, Price Telecommunications provides tailored VoIP phone systems solutions to meet your specific needs.

Monitoring and Troubleshooting VoIP Call Quality Issues

VoIP Phone System Quality 

VoIP phone systems need ongoing monitoring to ensure optimal performance, and Price Telecommunications offers the tools to do just that. Our VoIP phone system call quality monitoring tools allow you to keep track of important metrics like latency and jitter, ensuring you can proactively address any issues that arise.

Should VoIP phone problems occur, our dedicated phone system support team is always available to assist. Whether it’s helping you troubleshoot a network issue or resolving a VoIP call quality concern, Price Telecommunications is committed to ensuring your VoIP phone systems and communication remain smooth and reliable.

Contact Price Telecommunications today and schedule VoIP Phone Service for your VoIP phone system. 

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[infinitemonkeytheory]

The Federal Communications Commission voted 3–2 to impose net neutrality rules today, restoring the common-carrier regulatory framework enforced during the Obama era and then abandoned while Trump was president.

The rules prohibit Internet service providers from blocking and throttling lawful content and ban paid prioritization. Cable and telecom companies plan to fight the rules in court, but they lost a similar battle during the Obama era when judges upheld the FCC's ability to regulate ISPs as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act.

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[sharat1254]

Best Broadband in Gurugram: Why TriplePlay Leads the Pack

In today’s digital age, a reliable broadband connection is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Whether you are working remotely, streaming your favorite shows, gaming, or running a business, a high-speed and dependable internet connection is crucial. Gurugram, a bustling hub of innovation and development, is home to many broadband providers. However, one name stands out from the crowd: TriplePlay.

Why Broadband Quality Matters

Gurugram’s rapid growth as a corporate and residential hotspot means that the demand for quality internet services is at an all-time high. Users need:

High-speed connectivity for uninterrupted workflows and streaming.

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Affordable plans tailored to varied needs.

Responsive customer service for timely resolution of issues.

What Sets TriplePlay Apart?

Here are the reasons why TriplePlay is considered the best broadband service provider in Gurugram:

Lightning-Fast Speeds TriplePlay offers cutting-edge technology to deliver speeds that cater to all kinds of users. Whether you're a heavy streamer, gamer, or professional working from home, their speeds ensure zero lag and seamless performance.

Affordable Plans TriplePlay provides a variety of plans designed to suit different budgets and requirements. From basic usage to high-speed premium plans, there’s something for everyone.

Widespread Coverage TriplePlay’s extensive network ensures strong connectivity across Gurugram. Whether you’re in a bustling urban sector or a quieter residential area, you can count on TriplePlay.

Exceptional Customer Service Customer satisfaction is a priority for TriplePlay. With prompt support and proactive troubleshooting, they’ve set a benchmark for service excellence.

Value-Added Features With TriplePlay, users enjoy advanced features like parental controls, Wi-Fi optimization tools, and secure connections for added peace of mind.

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Many Gurugram residents and businesses have shared positive feedback about their experiences with TriplePlay. From stable connections during critical virtual meetings to uninterrupted gaming marathons, the reviews speak for themselves.

Why Choose TriplePlay?

If you’re in Gurugram and seeking a broadband provider that delivers on its promises, TriplePlay is the clear choice. With its blend of speed, reliability, affordability, and customer focus, TriplePlay doesn’t just meet expectations—it exceeds them.

[bisquid]

As of 2025, UK citizens who have an emergency in a blackout may not be physically able to call 999

As some of you may or may not be aware, the UK telecoms companies have decided that maintaining phone and internet infrastructure is too much effort, so they're getting rid of all the copper wired telephone infrastructure, and moving everyone to VoIP, or 'just sending phone calls over the internet'. I find this moronic for a bunch of reasons, but especially because VoIP needs power to work. Which in turn means that unlike standard landlines, a power cut also renders your phone useless. Obviously your mobile will still work - provided it has signal. If it doesn't have signal, then congratulations! You literally cannot make any calls, even to emergency services!

You know the places most likely to have bad phone signal?? Rural places. Which are also the places most likely to get powercuts.

This will literally kill people

The government has responded to this demonstration of screaming irresponsibility by mandating that telecoms companies provide 'at risk' households with a backup power supply lasting 'at least an hour'. How generous, how kind, how.... absolutely fucking useless for the people this move puts most at risk.

There are places - particularly in rural Scotland - where the only reason power companies know there's a problem is because affected customers call up and tell them.

Imagine it. You're living alone in rural Scotland. There's a storm overnight that knocks out your power at, say, midnight. Your Government Mandated Backup Power Supply (let's imagine your telecom company is extra generous and gives you one that lasts FIVE TIMES longer than the mandated minimum) kicks in when the power goes. You wake up at 7am. You have no power. Your backup power supply (let's. Just call it a ups) ran out two hours ago. You can't call the power company to tell them the power's gone. No one can call you to tell you anything, to warn about additional bad weather or check you're okay, nothing. You head into the kitchen to make breakfast in the predawn light. You trip over something you didn't see in the gloom and break your leg (if you're an older person, more likely your hip). You can't call an ambulance. If you're badly injured and can't get up, you lay there on the floor until - hopefully - someone comes round to check on you. Or you struggle upright and - what? Walk to the nearest bus stop, neighbour's house? If there's one in walking distance. Or - and this will be the most common outcome for the elderly without regular visitors - you lie there until you die.

There are houses in Scotland that don't have power, just phone lines, holiday cabins and some static caravans and so on. What are those people going to do? Or people who can't afford to pay their power bill? Are they now at risk of being unable to call an ambulance?

[theculturedmarxist]

Every single "oh please OH PLEASE get out and vote they're so important 🥺" post I see just drips with idealist nonsense. They have no idea how politics work. They have no idea how their government works. They have no idea how political parties work.

Absent an overarching political program, none of this bullshit matters. You can vote and vote and vote, and it doesn't fucking matter one single fucking bit because as long as you're voting for a bourgeois party, you're never, not ever, going to get what you want.

The Republican and Democratic parties are political machines designed to generate outcomes favorable to their donors. Unless you're a millionaire, they don't give a shit about you or what you want, because what you want is diametrically opposed to what millionaires and billionaires want, which is to keep all the misery and oppression of society in place, so that they can keep on being rich and powerful.

Let me give you an example. The USA has some of the worst internet in the world. It's already dogshit if you live in a city, and outside city limits it drops off a cliff and gets worse the further out you go. This was supposed to be fixed when the federal government provided the telecoms with huge subsidies to go out and build rural internet. Instead they took the money and just didn't do that, because it's a lot more profitable to just take the fucking money and then pay whatever piddling penalty they might get slapped with.

Mount Airy, NC, decided to do something about it. They built their own municipal broadband. It was the cheapest and fastest internet in the state, and probably still is. Time Warner Cable got wind of it and did what they usually do: lobby the government to keep competition down. They got what they wanted. The shiteating state assembly passed a law basically making municipal broadband impossible, and the shiteating blue governor Bev Perdue did nothing to stop it, because she's a bourgeois whore just like everyone else in the party.

More recently, Charlotte tried to pass a "bathroom bill" giving trans people the right to use the fucking bathroom, and hardly a day later Raleigh overrode it with their own dick hogging law (which also prevented localities from setting wage requirements for contract workers).

The two parties aren't local, or regional, or federal, they're systemic. Voting for them at the local level, even if they're "progressive," just reinforces the entire rotten apparatus. Because when push comes to shove, those local "progressives" you voted for will do as they're fucking told, or else they'll get primaried by "their own" party. Even if you do manage to swing, say, a state with progressive candidates, they'll just get ratfucked by the party apparatchiks, like they did in Nevada where "progressives and socialists" won, only for party operatives to rob them, then quit.

The entire system is fucking rotten and it can't be reformed from the inside, by design. You can't use it to vote for a better world, because making sure that wasn't an option was the entire point from the fucking beginning.

You're going to either resign yourself to the fact that you need to get your fucking hands dirty, or vote yourself into your grave.