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You are technically correct, but but missing the real issue. I have 0 interest in buying a fast line to comcasts internal services, they are selling me a way t

• click170 10y ago
  This. Whether it's what they intended to sell or not, ISPs, through their own marketing material, sell a connection to "the Internet", and unfortunately for them that term cannot fairly be applied to just Comcast's network anymore (though it would make for a comical court case). If they can't provide what is advertised, specifically "Internet access", then it's false advertising and I expect, and will fight for, my money back.
• ryao 10y ago
  The real issue is that those of us that are not ASN operators are at the mercy of those who are. The only true solution is finding an ASN operator that has user interests at heart. Municipal fiber is probably a good example of that. There are other ways (all involving getting an Internet backbone connection), but they are not cost competitive with last mile distribution. A workaround would be to rely on an IPv6 tunnel broker or a VPN tunnel to a VM in some datacenter. As long as the tunnel is unaffected by peering disputes, your traffic over it will live at the other side of the divide between content producers and consumers. That gives a far better experience than relying on a last mile operator to give you access to the broader Internet. Speaking of which, does anyone know when hacker news will support IPv6?