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At a guess this is a result of Comcast using the absolute, most mindbogglingly cheap hardware on the planet Earth. Second to that I would guess some kind of inc
by M_Grey 10y ago
At a guess this is a result of Comcast using the absolute, most mindbogglingly cheap hardware on the planet Earth. Second to that I would guess some kind of incompetence, and only after that would I seriously entertain what amounts to theft.
- jmartens 10y agoYou are probably right about cheap equipment and incompetence, but isn't it still fraud if they sell you something that they knowingly can't offer? If I rent a car and pay extra for a 4WD, but the 4WD doesn't work, I want my money back. Is this different?
- sjg007 10y agoIt's the same. You can sue for breach of implied warranty. They may try to get out of it by saying 'speeds up to'. But if the device can't do that then yes you'd have a good argument.
- M_Grey 10y agoWell, that's not quite the same as fraud, which is a much higher bar to prove. I absolutely wasn't disputing that if you're not getting the advertised service, you should seek recourse, I was just disputing "fraud". It's the difference between being sold a lemon car, and being sold a car that someone turned the odometer back on.
- closeparen 10y agoMy speedometer goes "up to" 180mph, but my car will certainly never get there. Is Volkswagen guilty of fraud? (Well, not in this particular case...) They said 4WD, not "up to" 4WD. OTOH, they only say "up to" n mpbs. If you want guaranteed minimum speeds, you can pay an order of magnitude more for a business class connection.