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The opt-out is buy business-class service[0]. My guess is that the 2x price increase Xs4all was charging for their plan was a bridge too far for most customers. It's important to keep in mind that the vast majority of people rent their modem, don't know or care what a /29 is, and is calling tech support because the plug is loose or the modem needs a power cycle. Bulk-blocking SMTP happened because open ports are botn…
I still get emails from Comcrap because once I had a business internet plan with them in a residential area -- an apartment no less. When it comes to internet service, "giving a crap about the customer" is a premium add-on from Comcast, but once you commit to opening your wallet for that, they do deliver.
Comcast doesn’t give a crap about customers, full stop. Oh yes, they’ll send “technicians” out 3 to 4 times a month to tell you everything tested perfectly. But get them to put a line monitor on your connection, provide them logs that you have over 5% packet loss that doesn’t start until after the CMTS, and they’ll get an “engineer” involved who will come out and leave some testing equipment which will confirm the issue. Over a year later, the issue will remain unresolved.
My aunt bought a house where, at the best of times, her kids can finish a game with only a handful of disconnects. The other 20% of the time they can’t even watch Netflix or streaming sports.
They tried the “business connection” trick already, at a cost of $300 a month for 150mbps. That didn’t improve anything.
The “investigation” remains open, and the “engineer” just doesn’t bother updating them anymore.
My cousin went door-to-door only to discover the whole neighborhood is having the same types of issues. It’s just the new normal.