US Cable Support > Comcast HSI > The Bandwidth Limits/Congestion Management Topic

said by koshoka:

I don't think the word means what you think it means.

said by C_Chipperson:

I don't know the exact conditions where sturm is at, but there is a chance that Comcast has a "monopoly" as far as wired high speed residential internet goes.

said by EG:

Should "wired high speed" be defined ?

Is it a bit of a gray area ?

said by C_Chipperson:

Sure, wired high speed internet = cable (comcast, road runner, etc.) or dsl

said by C_Chipperson:

I wouldn't say they're the exact same class but close enough.

said by C_Chipperson:

DSL here can do 20/896.

said by EG:

20 ? Where ? Not even right next door to the C.O. or connected to an R.T.

Does 20/896 compare to 50/10 ?

said by EG:

Pulesssse...

Do your homework bud !

said by C_Chipperson:

Duuuude.... Way to distract from my original question

said by EG:

I never try to "distract" from anything pal..

Just trying to keep things factual and honest...

said by C_Chipperson:

Me too, I was also giving sturm the benefit of the doubt about the "monopoly" but that effort is now wasted...

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.

said by C_Chipperson:

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.

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.

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?

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

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).

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.

said by C_Chipperson:

your options for wired residential internet are fiber, cable, dsl, dial up. From what I gather so far, sturm can get either cable (Comcast ONLY) or dial up. ..

said by EG:

O/k. Fair enough. So it is considered, and/or you personally consider that DSL is "high speed" in the exact same class as is cable broadband ?

said by sturmvogel:

Let's not go into semantics "high speed", "full speed" and all those hair splitting to muddy the issue.

I don't consider the the differences between DSL and cable broadband to be "semantics"..

fiber, not capped = what the Internet access should be

"Fiber". Do you mean Verizon's offering of the FiOS product specifically ? Or is this question "semantics" as well ?

said by EG:

said by C_Chipperson:

I don't know the exact conditions where sturm is at, but there is a chance that Comcast has a "monopoly" as far as wired high speed residential internet goes. That doesn't mean one couldn't use another provider. Nobody is forced to use Comcast, ever.

Sturm, can you elaborate on why no explanation was given as to why you can't subscribe to business class? Did you call them and ask, and they said no, and you said why, and they hung up? Just curious.

said by sturmvogel:

Nobody is "forced" to have electricity, running water or natural gas service, but they are necessities for a civilized life. Broadband Internet is getting there, since more and more activities are either dependent on that or a lot more difficult without.

said by C_Chipperson:

Nobody is forced to use Comcast, ever.