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>smaller isps will treat you better. they do exist. That really depends on where you live. Some people have the choice between a single telco and a single cabl
by pmh 12y ago
>smaller isps will treat you better. they do exist.
That really depends on where you live. Some people have the choice between a single telco and a single cable provider, e.g. ATT & TWC or Verizon & Comcast. Some are limited to a single choice, usually because they live too far from a DSLAM and fiber is unavailable.
- kristopolous 12y agoI had to go hunting big time to find that there even existed an option, in this case, sonic.net who had service where I live (culver city, los angeles). It's not like they had a prominent billboard campaign and youtube ads. I had to read a bunch of forums, go through a bunch of reviews, dsl report web sites, etc. Finally found out that they do. At that point it wasn't a question of whether the company "sonic.net" did - it was "what can I get that's not comcast and not at&t." Anyway, the point is, that I thought I was in the boat of "nothing. you are screwed", I really believed it - but I wasn't. Finally found them. Felt great. So I say to you, keep digging - they are out there. And if there isn't, then a guy named Paul Cienfuegos has a formula for successful community rights movements http://communityrightspdx.org/ http://communityrightspdx.org/ that's one of them. Fight for a municipal broadband - regardless of whether the state bans it. What's the state going to do? Bring in the national guard to protect the rights of time warner by blocking a city truck from installing fiber? Seize city assets? Arrest the city council? No, of course not. They'll give you the finger and move on. Look into it - the "fuck you, we're asserting our community rights" seems to actually work.