2 edits | Is Comcast a monopoly? said by sturmvogel:I do not need your benefit of the doubt. Read up the previous pages. This is a common story, I am sure everybody complaining must be wrong, indeed. Fair enough, then there is no monopoly 
I 100% agree that comcast should deliver on their promise to provide a meter. They say 250GB, the should provide a means to track it.
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2 edits | Re: Is Comcast a monopoly? said by C_Chipperson:said by sturmvogel:I do not need your benefit of the doubt. Read up the previous pages. This is a common story, I am sure everybody complaining must be wrong, indeed. Fair enough, then there is no monopoly I 100% agree that comcast should deliver on their promise to provide a meter. They say 250GB, the should provide a means to track it. Comcast Internet is not a utility. That is why it should be reclassified as one and regulated as such. I did mention the word legislation, I am sure.
If you do not consider it a monopoly, that is your opinion. From where I live, looks like one. I tend to believe what I see on the ground rather than someone else's opinion that is not confronted with what I have to deal with.
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3 edits | Re: Is Comcast a monopoly? It is not a monopoly. You say satellite signal is spotty poor? Unless you live on the north side of a cliff, that is basically impossible. | |
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4 edits | Re: Is Comcast a monopoly? said by C_Chipperson:It is not a monopoly. You say satellite signal is spotty? Unless you live on the north side of a cliff, that is basically impossible. I have trees that I would rather not cut. Here in the south there are frequent storms that mangle the signal and there are pretty black clouds. Elevation is maybe 30 ft from sea level. I am sure in Colorado at over 3000 ft elevation with clear skies things may look different. Also, satellite has "creative" AUP's in order to "enhance" the customer "experience". I did classify in one group dial up, IP over avian carriers and satellite and I do not consider it an alternative, so there is no point to discuss it.
I say it is a monopoly, you say it is not. There are large groups on both sides of the argument. Neither one is going to convince the other regardless of how much hair splitting is done.
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4 edits | Re: Is Comcast a monopoly? we have "pretty black clouds" too with torrential downpours frequently and we're over 6000 ft elevation actually. and I've used satellite internet at both sea level in northern alaska and at 11,000 feet, I'll admit it has high latency. but you can't say comcast has a monopoly. You can't get a T1 line?
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2 edits | Re: Is Comcast a monopoly? said by C_Chipperson:over 6000 ft elevation actually. and I've used satellite internet at both sea level and at 11,000 feet, I'll admit it has high latency. but you can't say comcast has a monopoly. You can't get a T1 line? I had good satellite connectivity at sea level on a Kirov class vessel, but I cannot have something like that in my backyard.
I have a neighbor that has a T1, but the reliability is not that great, so I did not get one.
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4 edits | said by C_Chipperson:we have "pretty black clouds" too with torrential downpours frequently and we're over 6000 ft elevation actually. and I've used satellite internet at both sea level in northern alaska and at 11,000 feet, I'll admit it has high latency. but you can't say comcast has a monopoly. You can't get a T1 line? Define monopoly The only available cable internet provider cut me off for one year. No DSL, etc, as described. There is another cable company 2 miles away that I contacted that would like to do an overbuild but cannot do it due to CC's franchise (their exact words).
»www.answers.com/topic/monopoly-1
"Exclusive control by one group of the means of producing or selling a commodity or service: "
The equipment that would give good satellite Internet access would be too impressive for the homeowners' association and disguising a large dish as a lake is not something that is within my means.
»www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/10···ion.html
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2 edits | Re: Is Comcast a monopoly? said by sturmvogel:...company 2 miles away that I contacted that would like to do an overbuild but cannot do it due to CC's franchise (their exact words). More BS! Franchise agreements are about how much $ the cable co is paying the local gov. They are by Federal law NONEXCLUSIVE.
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2 edits | Re: Is Comcast a monopoly? It is not BS but a fact on the ground, as much as every person that I have ever talked to here absolutely hating the cable co and having the same complaints. Maybe you should talk to some of your customers.
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Pottsville, PA | Re: Is Comcast a monopoly? said by sturmvogel:It is not BS but a fact on the ground, as much as every person that I have ever talked to here absolutely hating the cable co and having the same complaints. Maybe you should talk to some of your customers. Franchise agreements are by law nonexclusive. Somebody in your story is a liar.
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Boynton Beach, FL | Re: Is Comcast a monopoly? FWIW, wasn't Texas the first state in 2005 to enact statewide franchise agreements? | |
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