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ISP Disaster in, US. Comcast + TWC = monopoly

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They don't own the entire ISP industry in the US, so it's not a monopoly. But it's not that good that comcast bought out TWC

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Comcast to buy/merge with TWC

 

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/comcast-plans-acquire-time-warner-031440334.html

 

This is horrible news. This screams monopoly so loud your ears will bleed.

Why can't it be that google is buying comcast?!?!?!

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

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This is going to get far out of hand.

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Oh, wait, TWC isn't even offered in my area haha.  :P

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

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Feels good to be a eurogod. £30 per month with no data cap.

Have fun, guys! Remember to keep using the big monopoly ISPs near you!

 

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From what my friends tell me... they both suck... In fact, all ISP in the US suck. Can't say for other places though. I'm currently using Charter and I'm quite disappointed in my speed. However, Charter offers best speed in my Area.

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Feels good to be a eurogod. £30 per month with no data cap.

Have fun, guys! Remember to keep using the big monopoly ISPs near you!

 

 

 

 

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Shit upload speed though. 

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Time Warner and Comcast are the only options in my area  <_<

 

both are absolute shit

this is disheartening 

Its even worse here. Comcast is the only option. Fuck.

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Shit upload speed though. 

Better then mine

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From what my friends tell me... they both suck... In fact, all ISP in the US suck. Can't say for other places though. I'm currently using Charter and I'm quite disappointed in my speed. However, Charter offers best speed in my Area.

No. In my area, Comcast offers 125MB/s for 100USD.

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this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

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From what my friends tell me... they both suck... In fact, all ISP in the US suck. Can't say for other places though. I'm currently using Charter and I'm quite disappointed in my speed. However, Charter offers best speed in my Area.

Except for Google fiber

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Time Warner and Comcast are the only options in my area  <_<

 

both are absolute shit

this is disheartening 

 

Why not use a smaller, slower provider?

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I'm not sure this will be allowed. Reminds me of when AT&T tried to merge with Tmoble if I remember right. That wasn't allowed.

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Except for Google fiber

 

Offered only in some areas, like Austin, Texas, I believe, and Phoenix, AZ. (not sure of other places.

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this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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Offered only in some areas, like Austin, Texas, I believe, and Phoenix, AZ. (not sure of other places.

 

Wow, now that I looked at the official Google Fiber site, I am so jelly.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

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From what my friends tell me... they both suck... In fact, all ISP in the US suck. Can't say for other places though. I'm currently using Charter and I'm quite disappointed in my speed. However, Charter offers best speed in my Area.

Google Fiber does not suck :)

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Still has to go through approval and don't think this can happen, but this just means that rather than trying to improve, they're trying to seize more of the market.  <_< 

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Offered only in some areas, like Austin, Texas, I believe, and Phoenix, AZ. (not sure of other places.

Unfortunately this is true 

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I have Comcast. Its the fastest in my area and its not too bad. Its not great, but its better than others ive used in my area. I pay $50 a month and i get 57Mbps down and 11 up and the most basic xfinity tv. believe it or not it was cheaper to get the tv and internet than to get the same speed internet with no tv package. Ive not really had too many issues although for a few months last year i believe that they were throttling youtube. On this connection i had to wait for youtube to buffer. My solution was to use a proxy and i could watch videos with no issues so...

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I have Comcast. Its the fastest in my area and its not too bad. Its not great, but its better than others ive used in my area. I pay $50 a month and i get 57Mbps down and 11 up and the most basic xfinity tv. believe it or not it was cheaper to get the tv and internet than to get the same speed internet with no tv package. Ive not really had too many issues although for a few months last year i believe that they were throttling youtube. On this connection i had to wait for youtube to buffer. My solution was to use a proxy and i could watch videos with no issues so...

 

Oh I believe it's cheaper with TV. Clearly a pathetic way of keeping people buying TV subscriptions.

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