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I'm so angry that Comcast is getting away with advertising their 200Mbps service as "10G". I have seen repeated confusion from folks online who think it means 1

by rconti 3y ago

I'm so angry that Comcast is getting away with advertising their 200Mbps service as "10G". I have seen repeated confusion from folks online who think it means 10Gbps. I sent a complaint to the FCC, FTC, and the CA AG, but doubt anything will happen. The funny thing was, in their rebuttal to the FCC, Comcast even calls their rebuttals "talking points". I thought "talking points" was well known as a slightly derogatory term, where it's just crap you parrot because it sounds good.

LegitShady 3y ago
Talking points aren't themselves a derogatory idea. You can have good talking points for defensible ideas, and in fact in public communication planning these is critical. It's only derogatory when you use talking points to try to slip something unethical or corrupt through by obfuscating.
nickstinemates 3y ago
I recently upgraded to their 2.5Gb service and it's pretty fast (I had a sustained 110MB/s download over 150GB yesterday,) and generally get 50Mbps upload. It's unfortunately a bit unreliable. Some days I have 4-5 router resets / blips in connectivity and then can go weeks without it. Two or three times I have been severely throttled by something for an hour or two. This happens at specific times of day - i.e, around 2pm. When previously on their more basic plan I never had any of these issues. All of that said, while I have personally not had any issues with Comcast, I'd switch to a local ISP like sonic.net in a heartbeat if it was available in my area.
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- sharts 3y ago
  Same. It’s too bad sonic expansion can’t happen faster. Wish they had detailed maps of which neighborhoods have it already.
sschueller 3y ago
Things like this really piss me off because it "poisons the pool". The "regular" person doesn't know the difference and I don't expect them too but they do remember such things and in the future it leads to issues.

by rconti 3y ago

LegitShady 3y ago

Talking points aren't themselves a derogatory idea. You can have good talking points for defensible ideas, and in fact in public communication planning these is critical. It's only derogatory when you use talking points to try to slip something unethical or corrupt through by obfuscating.

nickstinemates 3y ago

I recently upgraded to their 2.5Gb service and it's pretty fast (I had a sustained 110MB/s download over 150GB yesterday,) and generally get 50Mbps upload. It's unfortunately a bit unreliable. Some days I have 4-5 router resets / blips in connectivity and then can go weeks without it. Two or three times I have been severely throttled by something for an hour or two. This happens at specific times of day - i.e, around 2pm. When previously on their more basic plan I never had any of these issues. All of that said, while I have personally not had any issues with Comcast, I'd switch to a local ISP like sonic.net in a heartbeat if it was available in my area.

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sharts 3y ago
Same. It’s too bad sonic expansion can’t happen faster. Wish they had detailed maps of which neighborhoods have it already.

sschueller 3y ago

Things like this really piss me off because it "poisons the pool". The "regular" person doesn't know the difference and I don't expect them too but they do remember such things and in the future it leads to issues.