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Posted on 5/15/14 at 7:47 am to CAD703X
Chattanooga
We have EPB fiber, kinda like LUS, but it's $70 a month for gig, not as cheap as google, but it's better than cable bullshite.
Comcast actually paid money to bad mouth our internet in Iron Man 3.
We have EPB fiber, kinda like LUS, but it's $70 a month for gig, not as cheap as google, but it's better than cable bullshite.
Comcast actually paid money to bad mouth our internet in Iron Man 3.
This post was edited on 5/15/14 at 7:48 am
Posted on 5/15/14 at 7:51 am to Dam Guide
frick you.
yeah I'm jealousPosted on 5/15/14 at 7:53 am to Dam Guide
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Comcast actually paid money to bad mouth our internet in Iron Man 3.
That's not all they did. I kept up with the whole saga as comcast tried everything to scare the residents there that this was the worst idea ever and sued the city a billion times trying to keep this from becoming a reality.
Anyone who cares about broadband should study the history of this.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 7:53 am to Dam Guide
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I am glad I live in a place that already offers me gig service and will no doubt only improve upon that.
Fiber really is great
no fricking bottlenecking during peak hours
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:05 am to Paige
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I don't get the hate for Comcast and I don't have one single complaint about them
I liken it to your hate for amazon
No comcast is the absolute bottom of the barrel. there is no worse.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:07 am to CAD703X
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That's not all they did. I kept up with the whole saga as comcast tried everything to scare the residents there that this was the worst idea ever and sued the city a billion times trying to keep this from becoming a reality.
Anyone who cares about broadband should study the history of this.
Yeah it was ridiculous. AT&T, Charter, Dish, DirecTV, all of them together went after Chattanooga for attempting this. They tried to get state laws changed and such. I am glad they lost.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:16 am to SG_Geaux
So about the time that Google comes in with gigabit service?
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:27 am to SG_Geaux
What gets me is that on one side we have Netflix, Hulu, amazon prime,etc and on the other side we have ISPs not wanting you to use bandwidth that you're paying for. ISPs want you to send/receive the occasional email and look up news here and there and thats it.
We're trapped when it comes ISPs. We have the locl all DSL provider which is the phone company and the cable company.
We're trapped when it comes ISPs. We have the locl all DSL provider which is the phone company and the cable company.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:36 am to Tempratt
Cable companies are trying to make up for the money they are losing from people canceling their cable package. They know people for streaming everything now so they have to make their money somehow. They will make internet more expensive to make up for their losses.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:37 am to CAD703X
Just checked comcrap and it says they are rolling out 300GB to Nashville and doing some tier stuff in Tucson and some southern states.
My usage is 25, 26, and 29 GB in the last three months and I am literally on the internet every minute I am home and there might even be a significant amount of pron usage in there. So, I have no problem if they want to stick it to CAD and his family streaming netflix 24/7.
My usage is 25, 26, and 29 GB in the last three months and I am literally on the internet every minute I am home and there might even be a significant amount of pron usage in there. So, I have no problem if they want to stick it to CAD and his family streaming netflix 24/7.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:40 am to Napoleon
I for one am ready to live in the United States of Google.
I know this will have a bad ending where I'm the slave to some robot and I live in a socialist collective, but whatever.
I know this will have a bad ending where I'm the slave to some robot and I live in a socialist collective, but whatever.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:50 am to Paige
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I don't think I use anywhere near the cap so it doesn't bother me
You're one of those people, huh?
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First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 9:05 am to Dam Guide
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Yeah it was ridiculous. AT&T, Charter, Dish, DirecTV, all of them together went after Chattanooga for attempting this. They tried to get state laws changed and such. I am glad they lost.
it was ugly.
and ironic since their argument was they shouldn't be forced to compete against a city-run utility after they spent 2 decades paying off congress to write laws that made competition impossible
have you paid attention to how comcast responded to "The Gig"? instead of actually attempting to compete on speed or price they doubled down on sealing up "wifi hotspots" at all the businesses in town.
the catch? you can jump on the wifi for free at those places ONLY IF YOU HAVE COMCAST INTERNET.
and in an amusing twist, comcast is also ADDING UP USAGE AT WIFI HOTSPOTS to your data cap limit.
paige and others who are defending comcast really are clueless about how this company operates.
This post was edited on 5/15/14 at 9:08 am
Posted on 5/15/14 at 9:06 am to Bunk Moreland
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My usage is 25, 26, and 29 GB in the last three months and I am literally on the internet every minute I am home and there might even be a significant amount of pron usage in there. So, I have no problem if they want to stick it to CAD and his family streaming netflix 24/7.
might be the worst post i've ever read on here.
its raining at cad's house, but not at mine therefore i don't need an umbrella
Posted on 5/15/14 at 9:08 am to CAD703X
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have you paid attention to how comcast responded to "The Gig"? instead of competing on speed they doubled down on sealing up "wifi hotspots" at all the businesses is down.
My favorite is them trying to run ads here making fun of EPB. They have gotten sued a few times for false advertising.
The ads they run just make me laugh.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 9:08 am to Dam Guide
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The ads they run just make me laugh.
i missed the jab in iron man 3..what was it?
Posted on 5/15/14 at 9:12 am to CAD703X
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i missed the jab in iron man 3..what was it?
After he stores the suit with that stupid kid in Northeast Tennessee and starts going to Florida. He stops in Chattanooga and uses the internet and complains about it being extremely slow. I think he was in the television station truck when he did it. It's been awhile since I saw that movie.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 9:12 am to Bunk Moreland
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Just checked comcrap and it says they are rolling out 300GB to Nashville and doing some tier stuff in Tucson and some southern states.
my friend this has been in place here in nashville for a couple years.
here's my latest bill
Posted on 5/15/14 at 9:13 am to Dam Guide
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He stops in Chattanooga and uses the internet and complains about it being extremely slow
OMFG..really? comcast really is the devil
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