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I think the real question is... why haven't they already done this? Are they worried about pushback at the political level? Certainly their users would agree.
by xpose2000 12y ago
I think the real question is... why haven't they already done this? Are they worried about pushback at the political level? Certainly their users would agree.
- chacham15 12y agoIn a lot of cases it will do nothing but frustrate users. Why? Because where I live, the only really decent internet is Comcast. If I wanted to change providers, I would go from 16 MB/s internet down to approximately 1 MB/s (advertised speed...so like 1/10th of that in reality).
- kevinchen 12y agoIf users get frustrated enough, the public policy on net equality might change. ISPs get away with lobbying, the revolving door, and exclusivity deals with city governments because only techies care.
- sbarre 12y agoYeah but nobody will be willing to be the ones who suffer horrible or no service in the short term, certainly not long enough to enact the required changes to bring better competition to the areas that Comcast monopolizes.
- baddox 12y agoThat's assuming that "the people" have a measurable influence on politics. Plenty of data show that no such influence exists in certain aspects of policy.