| Don't blame comcast Comcast, as a megacorp, has the right, no the OBLIGATION to lie to it's customers. The corporation has no concept of right or wrong, just what makes them the most money. If they 'were' to install something like sandvine, that is the LOGICAL response for a company that wants to MAKE MORE MONEY. Providing what you promise isn't the way to maximize profits. Limiting what you can do, and lying about it, ensures that the corporations improves it's bottom line.
Comcast has three choices. Choice #1 is to upgrade their network to provide the bandwidth they are selling. THAT will never happen, because it would cost too much money. Choice #2 would be to TELL the customers what they are doing. THAT will never happen, because the customer isn't really a customer, it's a CONSUMER. And the CONSUMER is an uneducated hick, who should be GRATEFUL for the ability to pay comcast money. Choice #3, is what they are doing. Installing equipment to degrade the service, then lying about it. That's how you MAXIMIZE profit, while MINIMIZING expenses.
So don't blame comcast, blame the system. A monopoly system where the #2 provider of so called 'internet access' is nothing more than a reborn AOL, filtering what you can and cannot do, all in the name of making more money.
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