Archived Break up the Monopoly of Comcast into smaller more consumer friendly companies (wh.gov)
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Archived Break up the Monopoly of Comcast into smaller more consumer friendly companies (wh.gov)
submitted ago by PlasmaDistortion
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[–] 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.
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[–] pitenius ago
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.
[–] Drakinor 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
I normally won't sign these things but this one hits home
[–] 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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[–] Donbuster ago
I thought he was just head of the cable lobby, not Comcast CEO...
[–] MenstruatingMuffin 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
If I was an american citizen, I would definitely sign this. Good luck guys.
[–] luckyguy 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I tried to look up the actual isp market share in the US but you wouldn't believe how hard it is to get those numbers. A lot of pay wall services claim to have the numbers. It's 2015. Stats should be free.
[–] Donbuster ago
Try quandl. They have a lot of things for free, and, unlike most of the other paywall sites, on the ones that aren't free, they are reliable. A lot of companies like that I feel are actually just making up numbers that you then pay for.
[–] dabork 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Anyone who has no confidence in this needs to do some research into BellSouth. They used to be absolutely enormous (think comcast on steroids and HGH), but eventually they were forced to break into smaller corporations and it quickly balanced the market.
Then again, that was also over 20 years ago and we've lost a lot of corporate accountability since then.