re: Holy Cow! Just signed up for gigabit service in Chattanooga, TN

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Capitalism can't work if all the roads are private and their owners are allowed to control all the traffic.

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that's honestly not true. i used to say things like this but i've read academic writings on it and they changed my mind

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I also understand how the internet in its current form breaks the expectations that capitalism relies on.

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the problem is that "the internet" in many ways is like a tech startup that still isn't making a profit. it's a bubble

since its not been found to be profitable on its own, somebody has to pay for it. that's the issue

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For a single person, that might not be a problem. For a family, 100 hours of video is nothing, so you're basically forced to bundle tv and suddenlink has driven you out of the streaming video market

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this all assumes that people are going to drop TV and that is unlikely (or decades away)

"a la carte" cord cutting has been a disaster online (just look at the library gutting of netflix and amazon streaming) and offline (look at the issues ESPN is going through). there are not many people who truly "cut the cord" as most still use others' logins for things like ESPN, HBO, etc or they illegally download/stream content.

it's going to take a long time for the various markets to sort themselves out, but early returns of the "cord cutting era" aren't especially great

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Just because you fell for what sounded like a good deal, but it turns out to be far from worth it.

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it's completely worth it for me. hell it's overkill and i don't even need it, but it will only cost me about $5/mo more than 100 MB speed and 100 GB less via data cap. what i have now is perfectly great for my needs.

again, what other private service is offered in LA with those options at that price point? it's a valid question