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- TheHayze, on 09/04/2008, -2/+171Okay, lets see if I can get this right. Comcast throttles speeds, and says the FCC cant do anything about it. Then a consumer takes Comcast to court, to which Comcast then cries foul, and has the case thrown out because it claims the FCC is the only thing that can tell them what to do. NOW Comcast sues the FCC on its' decision, saying it doesn't have jurisdiction to say they cant throttle speeds? WTH, Comcast? Cant you get this story straight?
Hopefully, this will be thrown out, or, after a long battle in court, ruled in the favor of the FCC. Can we have a national Net Neutrality law please? - dissolutionman, on 09/05/2008, -2/+89***** THE FC...
Oh. I guess I can let it slide just this once. - Saitekc, on 09/05/2008, -1/+74***** Comcast, bunch of Nazi's
- krystalo, on 09/04/2008, -4/+61I never thought I'd say this, but the FCC rules!
- y0y0howsdajell0, on 09/05/2008, -0/+49***** Comcast. First P2P throttling (once they admitted it), then a cap on how much data I get per month, now this crap? Screw you, Comcast, the second my local power board opens up those fiber lines, I'm dropping your ass like a cheap $2 hooker. Again, ***** YOU! (yeah, I use Bittorrent, sue me, *****)
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -1/+45Lol no one uses that anymore
- noahgelman, on 09/05/2008, -0/+41Im rooting for the FCC?
I think I need to go lay down... - sliksta, on 09/05/2008, -0/+38I won't go that far. I'd say they still suck but it's nice to see them having done the right thing for a change. Even if it was a 3-2 vote.
- conversekid, on 09/05/2008, -0/+30Honestly? It's 2008. You don't have to do that to yourself anymore.
- commenter01, on 09/05/2008, -1/+25Comcast is not suing. It is appealing a decision. Regardless, they're idiots, and i hope they get demolished in court.
- conversekid, on 09/05/2008, -0/+23Comcast. ***** you over since you moved into suburbia.
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -0/+22Hey, now. Don't be insulting cheap $2 hookers by comparing them to Comcast. Those cheap $2 hookers have a lot more class than Comcast.
- imitokay, on 09/05/2008, -1/+19wtf, while they're at it, maybe they can sue the constitution.
- Zarokima, on 09/05/2008, -2/+20At first I was going to correct you, but I realized you're most likely too stupid to understand, so I'm just going to go with:
lolz ur dum - D3koy, on 09/05/2008, -0/+17I love Comcast, they'd never throttle my Bandwidth. We're old friends...
./ scared Comcast customer with nowhere to run... - BugsSport, on 09/05/2008, -3/+19glad i don't have comcast.
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -0/+16Head of the FCC: Gentlemen, we got twenty calls about the David Hyde Pierce incident. And as you know, one call equals a billion people; which means twenty billion people were offended by this.
- Ob1masterjd26, on 09/05/2008, -0/+15***** Comcast.
- Tenoq, on 09/05/2008, -0/+14Free market monkey is paying $200/month for his broadband because there is only one provider, and it's not economically or technically possible to duplicate the infrastructure to create competition.
Free market fails when it comes to infrastructure. Thank god you have the FCC. :p - knodi, on 09/05/2008, -0/+13***** corporations. In my area I have the pick between ATT and Comcast. Both bastards.
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -1/+14Cable Companies = Phone Companies of the 90's.
Can we all just move on to Fiber Optics now, pretty please? - Rolcol, on 09/05/2008, -1/+13Bittorrent isn't illegal itself. As far as the Internets are concerned, you're uploading your "band's music".
- crowbar77, on 09/05/2008, -1/+11http://scrapetorrent.com/
- clickwir, on 09/05/2008, -1/+11And start the cycle all over again, giving the big companies more time to prepare? No thanks, I want this settled now. Net neutrality!
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -12/+21Limewire. I use it. Sue me.
- snached, on 09/05/2008, -0/+8Comcast is more like a hybrid of Stalin and Hitler mixed together with a side order of Ann Coulter.
- blitz718, on 09/05/2008, -0/+8I'm quite sure its the principle of the matter, you dont want a precedent set do you?
- keviniskool, on 09/05/2008, -0/+8Grammar Nazi is going to have to tell you that Nazis don't own anything in that sentence.
- ren1999, on 09/05/2008, -0/+7Boycott Comcast. Cancel all of their services. It is their greed against what the customer was promised. They are trying to strong-arm everyone because they have a monopoly in many places. It is time to end building zoning monopolies. Give tenants a choice! Down with Comcast! I also agree with some other Diggers here! We need Net Neutrality laws to protect us from tiered services. Only the rich will be able to get information! The U.S.A. is not founded on that evil principle. The U.S. is founded on the library system! We invented them. Just as libraries are free, so should the Internet be free!
- Quicksilver4648, on 09/05/2008, -1/+8I would go with ATT, yeah they only offer DSL, but at least they don't throttle internet or set bandwidth caps... yet.
- BoneheadFarker, on 09/05/2008, -0/+7You seem to be under the false impression that this isn't all very carefully orchestrated...
- PureDesigner, on 09/05/2008, -1/+8I'm not scared ***** Comcast, I'll go to FIOS!
- qwertydvorak, on 09/05/2008, -0/+6the fcc should retaliate by forcing them to open their network to other providers. just to stick a cherry on top they should then rule that consumers can pick and choose which channels they want to pay for.
- SouthsideIrish, on 09/05/2008, -0/+6Wrong! That was AT&T. This is the new ATT which has nothing to do with the old AT&T. AT&T did sell to Comcast, but then SBC bought what was left of the old AT&T and changed their name to ATT.
- Tenoq, on 09/05/2008, -0/+6@ MrPaulAR:
You're getting dugg down, but you do raise valid points. I think the reason you're getting dugg down though is because people believe they are paying for service at a particular level, and that's not being delivered.
I don't know specifically what Comcast offers, but say they're giving you 10Mb down/5Mb up for $50/month (or whatever). The customer expects that whenever they want to use that, they're going to get that 10Mb/5Mb - as described in their contract with Comcast. Unfortunately the cost of offering a dedicated 10Mb/5Mb connection to customers is far, FAR greater than $50/month - so Comcast does a bit of a gamble and over-subscribes their service: say 20 people sharing a 50Mb/10Mb link. Now as long as everyone doesn't use it at the same time - no worries. But when everyone starts maxing out their connections at the same time (as P2P often does), your speeds slow down, HTTP traffic gets clogged and the 'Internet' for everyone seems to be unbearably slow. So Comcast throttles.
What's the solution, then? Well, Comcast COULD start offering dedicated lines, or a guaranteed SLA - they probably do this already to businesses. The catch is that your 10Mb/5Mb service now becomes a 2.5Mb/512kb service, because that's the max they can guarantee for $50/month. Consumers don't like that. Alternately, Comcast could upgrade and offer 10Mb/5Mb to all their customers - but at $200/month instead. Again, consumers don't like that.
They're really stuck picking the lesser of a bunch of evils. Sure, they should upgrade their network and thanks to a monopoly infrastructure they've been profiteering for years. But the fact remains that right now, they're over-subscribed - and they've either got to put in bandwidth caps, raise prices to upgrade the network or decrease the service offering. None of these are appealing to consumers. - scarz99, on 09/05/2008, -2/+7Who is still using Concast? STOP!
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -0/+5WOW! the BALLS of Comcast! to sue a government entity when the government of the US INVENTED, DEVELOPED and PAID these providers to build this network! Unbelievable! SUE COMCAST! Learn about the broadband fraud! Time Warner is currently down, and has been for a couple hours. I am coming in on cellular backup, and I read THIS? Unbelievable! Comcast should be taken over by the government if they are going to pull this BS!
Don't buy the book, but here is an outline on how the United States public has been shafted by the broadband companies, who have been paid $200 BILLION dollars to build a nationwide network, and have FAILED to meet their deadlines, and are now overcharging the US and providing inferior service at an inflated price! - http://unitedstatessolarenergy.com/?p=44 - philbrewer, on 09/05/2008, -0/+5So when will they stop throttling my bandwidth?
? - afrothunderman, on 09/05/2008, -0/+5The Nazi's don't own Comcast?
- BitKid, on 09/05/2008, -0/+5The US invented libraries? Ever heard of the Library of Alexandria?
- chase001, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4We all need to write the FTC and the Attorney General. Comcast's bread and butter is the cable industry. Television and Internet and becoming one and Comcast is doing everything in their power to stop it. If this isn't an antitrust issue i don't know what is.
- Galaxylander, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4@snached, *****, Ann Coulter? It's that bad?
*****, I'm happy they don't serve my country. - Disease, on 09/05/2008, -1/+5At least Frostwire.
I mean come on... - HiVoltRock, on 09/05/2008, -0/+4I agree..."***** Comcast" is the only way to say it. I can't believe they think this could have any possible positive PR...I don't care how orchestrated it might be. The world needs to know that a bunch of evil monkeys are pointing down from the boards of Comcast and laughing at those who have no other choice in our areas. Please, fiber companies, please, please, please get yourselves out there for the rest of us!
- Rolcol, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3The drawback is that you also block legitimate flags, yes....
- JakeW, on 09/05/2008, -3/+6Nazi's what? 's is a possesive ending... so what are the Comcast Nazis owning?
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -1/+4Oh. Touche guys.
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