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Re: Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet

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On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 22:08:09 +0000 (UTC)
Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:

> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/why-comcast-and-other-cable-isps-arent-selling-you-gigabit-internet/
> 
>    Cable tech could hit a gigabit today, but why bother when customers lack
>    choice?
> 
>    Gigabit-class broadband is capturing the imagination of Internet users
>    throughout the country. With Google and other companies bringing
>    fiber-based services that deliver a gigabit of data each second to the
>    home, communities are accelerating their push to get the highest speeds.


"This gigabit internet is fostering unprecedented gains in science and
research, including insights into DNA sequencing, global climate
change, and the race to new and more powerful fuel sources."

Er no, I just made that up; it wasn't in the article.  What is everyone
doing with their new gigabit internet?  Downloading and watching shit
movies.  Yay, humanity.  And the cable companies are tripping over
themselves to recreate the formerly shit experience of network TV over
TCP/IP, including Youtube channels, DRMed content, the commoditization
of hardware and the improvmeent of operating systems that provide
little utility to the consumer other than consuming packaged content.

It's a good thing the WWII generation has largely passed away from old
age.  Were they around to see what the current generation of clods is
doing with the hard-fought gains of that generation, they'd slit their
own throats in anguish and despair.  

"Also, the graphics in computer games is so much awesomerier!  With
extra bonus vectors!"  Pardon me while I reach for my shotgun.

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Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-24 22:08 +0000
  Re: Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-25 15:21 +0000
    Re: Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-08-25 10:54 -0600
      Re: Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-08-26 17:02 +0100
        Re: Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-28 21:14 +0000
  Re: Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2014-08-26 07:41 +0200
  Re:Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-28 21:02 +0000
    Re: Why Comcast and other cable ISPs aren?t selling you gigabit Internet scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-08-29 19:14 +0000

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