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09-09-2015, 04:14 PM
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I have Comcast and I have a regular internet account and my download is 80mbps.
I also have 7 computers running non-stop in my household and we have never came close to 300GB od bandwidth. So you wouldn't have to worry... Speaking of download speeds with Comcast having 80mbps downloads and business accounts having 105mbps. I know they also offer 150mbps download and they act like it's some sort of big deal. Check out the rest of the world and USA has one of the slowest internet speeds available. Some countries are running 200mbps downloads and they think it's slow... | ||
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09-09-2015, 04:23 PM
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and yes, i think starving children in southern asia should have access to "the internet" just the same as those lounging in the gated communities of new england. but ive been accused of being a hippy before....
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09-09-2015, 04:37 PM
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Lol, really u people don't see how government involvement operate. Here's how it goes down Shitty politician A meets with shitty Lobbyist B, who's being paid by shitty company C. Shitty Lobbyist B promises kickbacks to shitty politician A and Shitty conpany C gets huge overpriced government contract and u the shitty voter D gets insane tax hike, and shitty Internet service. Yes we've been doin this for decades in other industries. And that's why we're in SHIT
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09-09-2015, 05:11 PM
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09-09-2015, 05:27 PM
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Before we land in RnF, I thought i'd contribute to the original discussion ^^ 300gb is a hell of a lot of data. I remember back in the day though, my local broadband provider called me to complain that I'd exceeded 10gb of use in a month. At the time that apparently placed me near the upper end of their top 1% of users. They were like "what are you doing?" There wasn't anything about a limit in their terms of service at the time, but that was amended shortly thereafter ^^
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09-09-2015, 04:54 PM
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No, they all received (and still receive) massive tax breaks and kick backs for promised capabilities and roll out without going through with most of it and did not return any of the tax payer money they took. Now that it is in place and thanks to state and local municipality deals (i.e. monopolies), the cable/internet companies can prevent other companies from using the tax payer funded lines to offer competing services. | |||
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09-09-2015, 05:05 PM
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09-09-2015, 05:23 PM
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If we go down your road and add no additional government involvement, we maintain the status quo, which as you say is already "shit". A complete deregulation of cable/Internet service will never happen, so that is out. Might it work in theory had the government never been involved? Interesting theorycraft but not applicable to reality. Less governmental involvement/regulation would leave more control to ATT/Verizon/Comcast, which are already providing "shit" service for comparably high prices. Do you think they would all of a sudden provide better service with less involvement? Where would you go? What competition is there? Yes, in markets where Google is laying out its own infrastructure Comcast/Cox/ATT/Verizon magically lower their prices and double/triple/quadruple the available speeds and throughput of their users. But you are dealing with another massive corporation that persists because it sells off your personal information. This is only available to a minimal market, while most of the country is still locked into choosing from bad option A and worse option B. | |||
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