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Ask your ISP. Show them this matters to you, enough to cancel your contract. I asked mine (PAXIO in the Bay Area) and they said they have no plans to sell any c
by andr 10y ago
Ask your ISP. Show them this matters to you, enough to cancel your contract. I asked mine (PAXIO in the Bay Area) and they said they have no plans to sell any customer data.
- debaserab2 10y agoHow nice you can do that. I'll just call 1-800-COMCAST and see what they have to say. I mean, if I cancel, I guess I can get DSL at a tenth of the speed maybe.
- maaaats 10y agoThen do it.
- inyorgroove 10y agoHow will you know if they do start selling the data. Plans change when someone comes knocking with a large bag of cash (theoretically).
- erentz 10y agoThe problem with America is there is no competition in most areas. When there is it's usually just two big providers you're stuck picking between and they will both tell you to sod off. If this were many other parts of the world that have dealt with the monopoly problem correctly, by splitting the provision of wholesale last mile service from the retail ISP service there could be a market overnight for ISPs that respect your privacy. But we don't have that. We have a vertical monopoly. That means we need regulation to protect consumers. But now we can't rely on regulation either.
- deusofnull 10y agoGood thing all these pro-business republicans are all about competition and marketplaces! /s
- visarga 10y ago> it's usually just two big providers you're stuck picking between Is that the logical endpoint of capitalism? Becoming so successful that competition is obliterated? There are no real checks and balances working against monopoly/cartels these days.
- kbart 10y ago"they said they have no plans to sell any customer data." WhatsApp said that too. When they change their minds, it will be too late.