heres what i do not get
give every one 5 megabit internet , build the infrastructure so that 95% can use at unlimited speed

a reply to this is. their networks do handle it as cable is a shared network more people on it means lower speeds. however the RIAA and MPAA are losing over and over of getting peoples information from the ISP so the Major Record labels and Movie Company’s said fine we are holding the ISP’s responsible for this. If people really wanted to pirate things they will. It has gone on since BETA and VHS and tapes and has not stopped. When will the big guys learn that it never will stop.

that is my 2 cents anyhow

Same here I already switched my phones over to verizon ^^

heres what i do not get
give every one 5 megabit internet , build the infrastructure so that 95% can use at unlimited speed

problem solved
move along
quite whining the fact is that this is what it is supposed ot be not some form a corporate schill cash

i swear i can see why osama blew up a corporate building sad yes the loss of life but these noobs have to realize:
A) they are destroying the planet , and not doing anyhting of value for any of us.
B) when cdrs reach 30$ again , then what. I will tell you. hacker wireless streams that bounce town to town with your lovely xvids and dvdrs, roaming little vans broadcasting out the cool shite, kinda like a reborn BBS of the days of old. YE can’t Stop er ARGGGGG Matey.

Its simple to prove that Cumcast is slowing down your speeds with the recent evidence brought forth. Depending on what kind of contract you hold with them (assuming youve read and understood all fine print), you can sue their collective half-retarded asses for breach of contract. In fact, im surprised there hasnt been a class action lawsuit against them already. I guess it just goes to show how meek and ignorant the American Public are.

My advice to those who can prove illegal bandwidth throttling: SUE SUE SUE. SUE UNTIL YOURE BLUE IN THE FACE.

It is, after all, the only way you can get any sort of justice anymore in these United States of the Criminally Insane and Ignorant a.k.a The United States of America.”

I generally agree with the sentiment but if you look deeper, I think you’ll find the majority of people will have no case if they go to court.

The standard agreements for residential customers do not guarantee anything. In most jurisdictions your best “guarantee” is that Comcast will “do its best” to give you what you pay for. You may even see a mediation clause in there, meaning you’ll have a tougher time getting a case into court.

Yeah it sucks, but you DID agree to it, even if through 10 pages of fine print.

Most just don’t realize what they actually signed up for.

Business/SLA class customers who are “managed” against their agreements have a much better chance for successful litigation.

The U.S. is lagging behind in Bandwidth (way way behind) as it is because the corporations want to squeeze as much money out of us without paying to upgrade their services.

Once you hear about a starting ISP that will say “They do it but we wont” and froopty-loopty, suddenly that starting ISP will get popular and Comcast will do anything to get their precious costumers back.

I don’t know about “making life miserable for everyone” as anyone downloading content for free are probably not going to be feeling so miserable afterwards. But, sure, “if they’d just buy their movies, books, software” … but that’s not reality now, is it. Wish all you want but people won’t because people primarily function to serve their own interest. Say a prayer or something if you’re religious, maybe that’ll work for you? And to finish of; actually there would still be a fair number of people using BitTorrent technology even if nobody swapped illegal content. It’d surely be a massive drop in BitTorrent usage, no doubt, but it IS still a very useful technology that people and companies DO use for legitimate content distribution.

@ Kathryn

The “Internet” isn’t “unethical”, people are, in exactly the same way as they are in the ‘physical’ world. So-called “unethical” people utilise the capabilities of the INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY to exchange information. So long as the capability exists people will continue to use it to satisfy their personal desires. That might be a shit pill to swallow, but it’s reality. Computer technology dropped a nice big bag of spanners into the gears of many information-based industries. Modern IT nullified the fucking traditional systems and there’s little you can do but adapt to it.

It’s not a fight between people, it’s a fight between technological systems, with humans virtually just tertiary actors caught in the battle.

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Re: Comcast/FCC – I can’t help but be suspicious of some angle being played here. Seems to me that it’d be somewhat un-American NOT to bend primarily toward support for the corporate interest. I’ll assume that it is and I’m so far just too dumb to see it.

Due to where I live, my choices are pretty limited when it comes to television services. For several years now I’ve dreamed of the day when I would be able to choose an HD service from one of many online providers worldwide instead of being restricted to a local one (all of which are poor quality). Unfortunately it is starting to look like that may never happen. So much for innovation. ISP’s should be working towards having enough bandwidth so that everyone could subscribe to HD television services via the internet and even be a part of that entertainment market which I’m sure is just waiting to explode.

It seems to me that ISP’s these days would rather pocket any short term profits they make now rather than reinvesting it into the future like they should be doing. Fighting what their customers want is a really odd stance to take too. The only thing I can see happening if they stick with plans to meter bandwidth with outrageous overuse costs is the eventual loss of many of their customers. None of it makes any long term business sense at all.

I guess if you’re an affected customer you have to ask yourself if you really need what they’re offering. I know that if I could no longer download large files and there wasn’t an alternative service to take my business to, I would find the cheapest dial-up service I could and switch to that, provided I actually need the internet at all. The internet may be wonderful, but it’s not like we’ll all die without it. The best thing people can do is show they’re opinion by canceling their internet service, letting the ISP’s know why, and telling them point blank what it would take to get you back. Make sure they know that you will be suggesting to all friends and family they do the same as well. Things will never change unless people make a stand for what they believe in.