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Seven years. US Broadband providers have seven years to take us over the coals, practice full bore capitalism with our data and generally run oligilistic practi
by oceanswave 9y ago
Seven years. US Broadband providers have seven years to take us over the coals, practice full bore capitalism with our data and generally run oligilistic practices until their time even begins to run out
- hackuser 9y agoYou have alternatives now; 4G cellular is one example. But they are difficult and/or expensive. We'll have to see if this solution is different; right now it's just a plan.
- shmerl 9y agoIf it's difficult and/or expensive, it's not a real alternative, isn't it?
- ben_w 9y agoI'm using 3G or 4G as a cheaper alternative to landline broadband. It's… acceptable, but not amazing. 20 GB per month doesn't go as far as it used to before I started watching so many YouTube videos, even though I use 144p whenever possible.
- mlindner 9y agoYou should check out T-Mobile. They have free video streaming if you enable it, but it forcibly downgrades the video streams to no higher than 720p. That still sounds like much better than you have however.
- PopsiclePete 9y agoI'll believe it when I see it. They managed to somehow stop Google Fiber, they might be able to stop SpaceX as well.
- shmerl 9y agoThey didn't stop Google Fiber. GF own gutless management did.
- greglindahl 9y ago"They" didn't stop satellite Internet, in fact there's a Federal law that requires that everyone facilitate small dish installations.
- tengbretson 9y agoI'm afraid I don't understand what you're trying to insinuate here. Capitalism is part and parcel to disruptive services such as this one entering a space where established players have created price fixing opportunities for themselves. The oligopoly you're deriding is what enables innovations like this in the first place.
- cma 9y agoPlus NASA contracts.
- dexterdog 9y agoWhy does capitalism always get bashed by people who don't know what it is?
- mlindner 9y agoThey bash it exactly because they don't understand it and they listen to whatever they read on Facebook that tells them why it is evil. Basic Economics education outside of University and even within University is strongly lacking in this country. We need mandatory personal finance/macro economics courses as part of high school.
- dexterdog 9y agoDo you expect a government-funded education system to teach them real economics?