FCC reversal of net neutrality rules expected to be published Thursday

[Kentonio]

Ya know, I believed that a lot more before I drove 6000 kilometers across Australia last year. Australia may be rated on par with the US but service is nowhere near being comparable.

Just for the record, there's only one country that provides significantly faster average internet service than the US, South Korea. Take a look: List of countries by Internet connection speeds - Wikipedia

Re your Australia trip, there’s a reason why anecdotal evidence isn’t worth much of anything.

I’m also still confused by why you said only one country was better than you, and then posted a link showing you were actually 10th. Was that a mistake?

 

[Nithavela]

Re your Australia trip, there’s a reason why anecdotal evidence isn’t worth much of anything.

I’m also still confused by why you said only one country was better than you, and then posted a link showing you were actually 10th. Was that a mistake?

He wrote "significantly faster". So I guess 20% faster isn't significant enough to mention.

 

[Kentonio]

He wrote "significantly faster". So I guess 20% faster isn't significant enough to mention.

Ho hum..

 

[Jeffwhosoever]

People complain even more loudly about Comcast abusing its quasi-monopoly status.

As for AT&T's mobile share, it's worth noting that genuine competition exists in cellular. Both AT&T and Verizon (which together comprise almost all of the old MaBell companies) have been forced to provide real competition in recent years. It's a beautiful thing.

Comcast has grown too large. I cut the cord months ago and now have 100 MBPS internet for $29 a month and no contract nor data limit, and I picked Direct TV now and love it. Since upgrading from Comcast I haven't had any frozen frames or any other live broadcast problems. My cable TV + internet went from $200 a month to $65 a month while my data rate went from 10 MB to 100 MB and soon we are getting Google Fiber too with 1 GB for $70 a month.

 

[KCfromNC]

He wrote "significantly faster". So I guess 20% faster isn't significant enough to mention.

But 1% higher in a poll is a reason to start several different threads.

 

[Nithavela]

But 1% higher in a poll is a reason to start several different threads.

Hey, if there's one thing we have learned in the last 12 months, it's that there's nothing more important or accurate than polls.

 

[KCfromNC]

Hey, if there's one thing we have learned in the last 12 months, it's that there's nothing more important or accurate than polls.

Just not all of them.

 

[NightHawkeye]

Unfortunately those in charge are doing the bidding of ISP's.

I don't believe there has ever been universal clamoring for Title II. Jus' sayin ...

 

[NightHawkeye]

Re your Australia trip, there’s a reason why anecdotal evidence isn’t worth much of anything.

Great trip, btw.

I recommend it highly.

I’m also still confused by why you said only one country was better than you, and then posted a link showing you were actually 10th. Was that a mistake?

I'm not surprised. You've complain a lot about not understanding.

Did you happen to notice the qualifier? Read it again. Comprehension improves with practice.

 

[Kentonio]

Great trip, btw.

I recommend it highly.

I'm not surprised. You've complain a lot about not understanding.

Did you happen to notice the qualifier? Read it again. Comprehension improves with practice.

Ah, so as another poster already suggested, you just don't find 20% a significant number?

 

[Gigimo]

Fire them regularly ... you don't need a reason, though it never hurts to provide a reason.

The cost is the biggest reason to fire them regularly.

 

[NightHawkeye]

Comcast has grown too large. I cut the cord months ago and now have 100 MBPS internet for $29 a month and no contract nor data limit, and I picked Direct TV now and love it. Since upgrading from Comcast I haven't had any frozen frames or any other live broadcast problems. My cable TV + internet went from $200 a month to $65 a month while my data rate went from 10 MB to 100 MB and soon we are getting Google Fiber too with 1 GB for $70 a month.

Glad to hear cord-cutting has worked out well for you.

DirecTV Now, btw, is the poster child for how competition forced both AT&T and the big networks to offer a product at greatly reduced price which constantly nibbles away at their higher-priced offerings. Instead of contracts, DTVN locked in many of us with grand-fathering ... but, hey, at $37.50 a month I can't complain too much. For that price I get all the rarely watched channels, ability to stream anywhere, and just as with Netflix I get to share my account with relatives who can't afford cable TV. Competition is a beautiful thing.


P.S. People who have AT&T wireless get an even better deal with DTVN.

 

[variant]

I don't believe there has ever been universal clamoring for Title II. Jus' sayin ...

The ISP's wanted net neutrality gone and you are cheering it on.

If title 2 enforcing net neutrality was what they wanted the Republicans would have done that.