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[–] tex 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
Having once worked for Comcast, I can verify that they are a thoroughly awful company. However, other service providers such as AT&T suck just as much. The reason they all suck is that they have to negotiate with local governments every time they move into a new area. These agreements require the companies to contort to satisfy all kinds of weird requirements. So instead of general customer satisfaction, Comcast terrorizes their employees about things like "average handle time" because missing a metric means potentially losing millions of dollars. They don't give a shit about losing your business because the same government ensures they have a near monopoly. Breaking Comcast up into smaller companies won't change anything.
[–] aundregrande 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I hate to upvote this, because it makes me feel as though I support it. I do agree, however, that splitting up the companies won't do much, for the reasons you outlined, as well as the fact that no additional competition will be provided for consumers. They will just have a smaller company...
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[–] [deleted] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I think that they will just remain uninformed.
It's a whitehouse.gov petition. They probably already know, but forcing them to remove petitions or cover their tracks forces them to confront the fact that the entire administration is a bigger disappointment than the Star Wars prequels.
[–] PlasmaDistortion [S] 0 points 15 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago
I generally despise petitions but I feel that we must start somewhere with Comcast. They are abusing their power with data caps and generally horrible service just because they know that they can since we have no other choice.
PLEASE share this and help us to get some traction on it. I don't have a Reddit account anymore but I would appreciate it if someone could share this there as well.
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[–] PlasmaDistortion [S] 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
Totally understand and agree with you. I just don't know what else to do at this point. I have already opened a complaint with the FCC but I have even less hope that it will be successful.
[–] Caboose_Calloway 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Comcast is a government-authorized service monopoly. They are part and parcel of the government. Calling for their breaking up is like calling for the breakup of the military. It will never happen. Ever.
Our only chance is to start laying our infrastructure and building a network of settlement-free peers. This means that each person setting up hardware in their own home and agreeing to pass all network traffic without charge and expecting every other person to do the same.
This is readily possible and the necessary equipment is already on the market. We don't need to grovel to big corps for our internet.
[–] Entomo ago
You still need connections to the backbone. And for that you need deep pockets.
[–] Caboose_Calloway ago
Not exactly. Once all your connections are settlement-free you practically become something like a tier-1 peer. You are the backbone.
[–] pitenius ago
Not that deep. I mean... I'm that rich.
We're working on something here... there is hope. Also, check out the work Tucows has been doing.