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ISP Disaster in, US. Comcast + TWC = monopoly

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I have Comcast and i like my speeds :P http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3302893411

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I use Cox anyways. And they do suck cocks

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Why not use a smaller, slower provider?

Because no such providers exist in America. They have either been bought out or driven out of business by the big tele-coms like Verizon, TWB, Concast, Cox, Century Link, etc...

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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!

exactly. people always whine and bitch about att and verizon.

 

don't use their products.

"but then i can't get internet WAHHH"

 

well jimmy, you have dish, dsl, and other satelite providers.

"but it isn't 100/100" well jimmy, you don't even use 15/15, so calm yourself.

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Except for Google fiber

Yeah but thats not in my area LOL T_T

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I have a feeling this will be shut down...I hope. I actually like TWC. It's either that or Verizon DSL in my block. Less than a mile away, Fios is offered :(

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You guys just need to shut up.

 

There is ONE ISP available at my house and that ISP is none other than AT&T, they have no incentive to upgrade service in this area so I can at max get 3Mbps down and 1.5Mbps up. On top of that I pay $40 for it. The only alternatives being satellite and they have a 15GB data cap. (Yes you read that right 15GB, I get 150 from AT&T, with another 50 being $10, I go over every month.)

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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!

 

I get that dl speed and 10 times the upload speed for 10 pounds/month with 0 data caps, feels good to be in Romania.

 

Joke is on you. Virgin Media is shit. Used it for 3 years while i stayed in Luton and it is a joke. Most unstable, expensive, ISP i had ever used.

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I get that dl speed and 10 times the upload speed for 10 pounds/month with 0 data caps, feels good to be in Romania.

 

Joke is on you. Virgin Media is shit. Used it for 3 years while i stayed in Luton and it is a joke. Most unstable, expensive, ISP i had ever used.

But you have to live in romania. I would rather live next to a group of gypsies. Oh wait ...

 

 

 

 

And you clearly know nothing about how cable works. Your performance is much more dependant on the utilisation of the area you are in.

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NOOOOOOOOO!!! This will be the second time in a year that my ISP has been aquired and it just keeps getting worse. I went from Insight, which wasn't awesome but still pretty OK, to TWC, who suuuuucks. Now Comcast?! Fudge...

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Actually Comcast is one of the better US ISPs. Just saying.

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At least to screw costumers they team up...

Signatures are stupid.

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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!

yes because people decided to have an ISP monopoly to begin whit

 

/s

 

 

 

Actually Comcast is one of the better US ISPs. Just saying.

 

an according to people they suck, meaning everyone sucks so their point is still valid 

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yes because people decided to have an ISP monopoly to begin whit

 

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People decide who they give their money to, though.

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Neither of them are in my area

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

'cause world domination ;)

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I pay around $20 for 100mb internet, digital(hd) TV + phone.

I can get gigabit for $18 here. <3

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

honestly instead of buy Comcast, compete with Comcast. that way Comcast either improves or dies in a fire

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we pay almost 180 a month for a dvr made in 2006, 20/2 internet, and digital phone. Comcast seems better than twc. also reliability should not change as it's still twc's infrastructure

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Because no such providers exist in America. They have either been bought out or driven out of business by the big tele-coms like Verizon, TWB, Concast, Cox, Century Link, etc...

No. We have DSLExtreme, Boingo, Charter, and that's all i can think of right now.

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I pay around $20 for 100mb internet, digital(hd) TV + phone.

I can get gigabit for $18 here. <3

Lucky bastard.

Signatures are stupid.

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honestly instead of buy Comcast, compete with Comcast. that way Comcast either improves or dies in a fire

I would like comcast to die in a fire right now. I can'ttttt stand them, but there the only thing in my area that actually has reliable internet. The fact they have data caps makes me hate them even more.

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It seems like too big of a deal for the FCC or Department of Justice to allow. I'm willing to bet the FCC will not allow the deal to pass.

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