Mario Speedwagon
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Isn't it wonderful that corporations can sue the government for the right to continue fucking their customers?
Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)
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Arative
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All the while, getting sweetheart tax breaks from the same government while fucking their customers. I really hope the FCC sticks to its guns and reclassifies ISP as title 2.
In other news Wallstreet is turning against the comcast/time warner merger. Analyst don't believe that it will actually happen.
http://stopthecap.com/2015/02/04/wal...-will-blocked/
With the FCC changing the definition of broadband to 25/3, cable will hold a 89.7% market share. It would be nice to get more competition in the marketplace.
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Looks good actually. Most obvious potential loop hole is "Reasonable Network Management" Section but I am sure there are others. Still it as a lot to like in it.
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The reason Verizon was able to sue the FCC was because they didn't invoke Title 2. It even said in the decision that if they had done that, the lawsuit would have likely gone the other way.
I was listening to this discussion on the "This Week in Google" podcast and another interesting fact that they mentioned was that raising the definition of broadband means that most DSL providers are no longer "broadband" and Comcast now provides over 50% of broadband in the US, making their case that they are not a monopoly and should totally be able to merge with Time Warner less plausible.
I'm afraid though, that this is all just "lame duck president seeking a legacy" stuff and as soon as Obama is gone there will be a new FCC chair that will puss out on all of this if ATT/Verizon/Comcast's many bought out senators and congressmen don't shit all over it first.
I was listening to this discussion on the "This Week in Google" podcast and another interesting fact that they mentioned was that raising the definition of broadband means that most DSL providers are no longer "broadband" and Comcast now provides over 50% of broadband in the US, making their case that they are not a monopoly and should totally be able to merge with Time Warner less plausible.
I'm afraid though, that this is all just "lame duck president seeking a legacy" stuff and as soon as Obama is gone there will be a new FCC chair that will puss out on all of this if ATT/Verizon/Comcast's many bought out senators and congressmen don't shit all over it first.
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What's our stance on Verizon FiOS? Moving to Long Beach and it's the preferred provider of my community complex, get 300+ channels, 2 HD Boxes, 75/75mbps and phone-unlimited for 80$ NO CONTRACT.
meStevo
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Noodleface
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$80 sounds really good.. but no contract? Doesn't that mean the price could instantly jump up at any time?
What the fuck am I talking about, Comcast does that every day and we're on contract.
What the fuck am I talking about, Comcast does that every day and we're on contract.
The lady said it was guaranteed for 1 year then it jumps 15$. By then I'll cancel and have my husband subscribe with this maiden name.
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ATT to match Google Fiber speeds, prices in Kansas City and suburbs | The Kansas City Star The Kansas City Star
AT&T to offer Google Fiber-like speeds & pricing in KC
So basically it looks like AT&T has had the ability to offer gigiabit speeds for who knows how long, but just didn't because they had no competition. Nice. A-holes.
AT&T to offer Google Fiber-like speeds & pricing in KC
So basically it looks like AT&T has had the ability to offer gigiabit speeds for who knows how long, but just didn't because they had no competition. Nice. A-holes.
Joeboo
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I guess AT&T Uverse basically got fiber into neighborhoods, but then they left the individual connections to homes as the old standard phone lines/coax or whatever, so that limited speeds. But they never even offered the service of bringing the fiber line all the way to your home(like google has been doing).
Bastards.
Of course, had AT&T offered that a decade ago when Uverse started rolling out, they probably would have charged $500 a month for it, not the $70 they are forced to do now because of Google's pricing.
Bastards.
Of course, had AT&T offered that a decade ago when Uverse started rolling out, they probably would have charged $500 a month for it, not the $70 they are forced to do now because of Google's pricing.
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ATT charges $29 more for gigabit fiber that doesn??Tt watch your Web browsing | Ars Technica
It's the same price if you let AT&T track you. It's $30 more if you want to opt out of their tracking. It's like these ISP's are actively trying to out do each other to try and become the worst company in the US.