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Comcast did the same thing to Longmont CO about 3-4 years ago. Luckily the local residents were not fooled: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11

Comcast did the same thing to Longmont CO about 3-4 years ago. Luckily the local residents were not fooled: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/19/longmont-internet-service/19294335/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/19/longmo... I am a former resident of FC - I hope they are able to put a little competition to Comcast.

davesque 9y ago
Comcast and Centurylink (though they may haven taken different names at one time or another) have been a duopoly in Colorado for decades. Their prices have gone up and up too -- more, it seems, than inflation. Maybe we'll finally see that come to an end.
- snarf21 9y ago
  You are lucky to even have a second choice for broadband. In large parts of the country, the list of choices is only Comcast.
Top19 9y ago
Those type of executives will be going to jail soon enough. There is a theory, I think first proposed by Arthur Schlesinger Jr (who won two Pulitzer prizes, had an equally renowned father, and was one of Kennedy’s top advisors) that American history tends to move in 80 year cycles divided into two forty year periods or so. Every 40 years US society shifts from capitalism and individualism to community and strong federal government. Neither period is inherently bad, but it’s just that capitalism and democracy don’t coexist as much as rule independently, taking turns. Schlesinger dated the capitalism period to 1980 starting with Ronald Reagan. That means it should end in 2020 or so. For all the crimes that fall out of the statue of limitations, I can imagine, not necessarily in a good way and probably will be frowned upon by later historians, that McCarthy-style commissions will be set up and these executives blacklisted from business.
- unnawut 9y ago
  Would you mind recommended any of his books to read about these cycles?
  - Top19 9y ago
    Arthur Schlesinger Jr’s “The Cycles of American History” “The Forth Turning” or “Generations” by Neil Howe and William Strauss. Although be warned although those books were well received at the time in like 1993 (including a pretty positive review by the N.Y. Times) they are little less ‘academic’ than Schlesinger’s. Also the authors Samuel Lubell, R.G. Collingwood, and Frank L. Klinberg. Regarding the concept of “willful blindness” that is currently experiencing a revival in academic legal circles and is forming the basis for an aggressive, take-no-prisoners approach to white-collar crime, look at “The Chickenshit Club” by Jesse Eisinger. The Cycles of American History https://www.amazon.com/dp/0395957931/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_0ea9zb4Q5KAZC https://www.amazon.com/dp/0395957931/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_0ea9... Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0688119123/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_kfa9zbYFSTTCD https://www.amazon.com/dp/0688119123/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_kfa9... The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501121367/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_aea9zbDQYFRVQ https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501121367/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_aea9...
    - marnett 9y ago
      Thanks for all of these recommendations
- Aloha 9y ago
  Which explains a lot - if you believe that we're in the middle of a pendulum swing politically and culturally, suddenly a lot of things in the way people are acting makes a a lot more sense.
  - maxerickson 9y ago
    Setting aside the question of what is driving it, we are obviously in the midst of a significant realignment. The hard thing is predicting where it ends up.

davesque 9y ago

Comcast and Centurylink (though they may haven taken different names at one time or another) have been a duopoly in Colorado for decades. Their prices have gone up and up too -- more, it seems, than inflation. Maybe we'll finally see that come to an end.

snarf21 9y ago
You are lucky to even have a second choice for broadband. In large parts of the country, the list of choices is only Comcast.

Top19 9y ago

Those type of executives will be going to jail soon enough. There is a theory, I think first proposed by Arthur Schlesinger Jr (who won two Pulitzer prizes, had an equally renowned father, and was one of Kennedy’s top advisors) that American history tends to move in 80 year cycles divided into two forty year periods or so. Every 40 years US society shifts from capitalism and individualism to community and strong federal government. Neither period is inherently bad, but it’s just that capitalism and democracy don’t coexist as much as rule independently, taking turns. Schlesinger dated the capitalism period to 1980 starting with Ronald Reagan. That means it should end in 2020 or so. For all the crimes that fall out of the statue of limitations, I can imagine, not necessarily in a good way and probably will be frowned upon by later historians, that McCarthy-style commissions will be set up and these executives blacklisted from business.

unnawut 9y ago
Would you mind recommended any of his books to read about these cycles?
- Top19 9y ago
  Arthur Schlesinger Jr’s “The Cycles of American History” “The Forth Turning” or “Generations” by Neil Howe and William Strauss. Although be warned although those books were well received at the time in like 1993 (including a pretty positive review by the N.Y. Times) they are little less ‘academic’ than Schlesinger’s. Also the authors Samuel Lubell, R.G. Collingwood, and Frank L. Klinberg. Regarding the concept of “willful blindness” that is currently experiencing a revival in academic legal circles and is forming the basis for an aggressive, take-no-prisoners approach to white-collar crime, look at “The Chickenshit Club” by Jesse Eisinger. The Cycles of American History https://www.amazon.com/dp/0395957931/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_0ea9zb4Q5KAZC https://www.amazon.com/dp/0395957931/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_0ea9... Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0688119123/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_kfa9zbYFSTTCD https://www.amazon.com/dp/0688119123/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_kfa9... The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501121367/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_aea9zbDQYFRVQ https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501121367/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_aea9...
  - marnett 9y ago
    Thanks for all of these recommendations
Aloha 9y ago
Which explains a lot - if you believe that we're in the middle of a pendulum swing politically and culturally, suddenly a lot of things in the way people are acting makes a a lot more sense.
- maxerickson 9y ago
  Setting aside the question of what is driving it, we are obviously in the midst of a significant realignment. The hard thing is predicting where it ends up.