I am not fan of Comcast, but this is a bit of a tempest in a tea kettle. In over a decade of having their service, I have only seen them use this once, when my

I am not fan of Comcast, but this is a bit of a tempest in a tea kettle. In over a decade of having their service, I have only seen them use this once, when my cable modem was nearing EOL and upgrading to a new modem that supported DOCSIS 3 (I think?) gave me a big speed boost. I probably wouldn't have looked at snail mail or email from them, so I appreciated it. I guess their is a "slippery slope" argument to be made here, but in the current incarnation, this is innocuous.