 fuziwuziNot born yesterdayPremium
join:2005-07-01
Atlanta, GA | Yes, it is theres... but... I know the infrastructure belongs to the cable company. It is their connection to do with as they choose.
HOWEVER!
They should stop the deceptive advertising. They are, in effect, lying to the consumer. In huge letters, in loud proclamations, they advertise their speeds and bandwidth they're "giving" the user. "Hey! You'll get XX speed and all the bandwidth you need for all those fun applications!!!". But of course, buried down in the legalese of the "terms of service" they reserve the right to throttle you down to less than dialup speeds or give you no service at all should they see fit. Yes, their ads may say "up to XX speed" but what does the average consumer see or understand about that? They only see that their connection becomes sluggish and they're just trying to use the XX amount of bandwidth the advertisements tell them they have available.
So yes, the evil cable companies are at fault, ultimately. If they cannot provide the service which they advertise for residential accounts, they shouldn't advertise it as being available. If they can't give me 1Mb of upload bandwidth, don't advertise that you can and then bury some gobbledygook in some user agreement that says you don't have to give me what you advertise. |
