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Cox slows Internet speeds in entire neighborhoods to punish any heavy users (2020)

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Re: Cox slows Internet speeds in entire neighborhoods to punish any heavy users (2020)

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Post by stonethrowaway »

h2odragon wrote: post #3

this isn't going to be fully effective until they name and shame. little popups (like viasat did) that say something like "your internet will continue to suck until your neighbor at $address stops torrenting the 100gb h0rse archive" and then they can get extra fees for "anonymous" as well as "unlimited"...

> name and shame

Can’t tell if this is serious or not. People here are doing basement and house work without any permits, without any gas line indicators, while being filmed. Neighbors are leaving because they fear a gas line puncture will lead to an explosion. The city won’t bother addressing it. Nobody, absolutely nobody gives a single infinitesimal fuck about a pipsqueak neighbor “naming and shaming” them over download limits. Laughable.

Re: Cox slows Internet speeds in entire neighborhoods to punish any heavy users (2020)

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Post by alt187 »

h2odragon wrote: post #3

this isn't going to be fully effective until they name and shame. little popups (like viasat did) that say something like "your internet will continue to suck until your neighbor at $address stops torrenting the 100gb h0rse archive" and then they can get extra fees for "anonymous" as well as "unlimited"...

I can't wait for this future.

Re: Cox slows Internet speeds in entire neighborhoods to punish any heavy users (2020)

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Post by zer8k »

h2odragon wrote: post #3

this isn't going to be fully effective until they name and shame. little popups (like viasat did) that say something like "your internet will continue to suck until your neighbor at $address stops torrenting the 100gb h0rse archive" and then they can get extra fees for "anonymous" as well as "unlimited"...

Or alternatively they could take some of their record profits and upgrade their 30 year old infrastructure. The modern world is internet-enabled and these people are the ones with their foot on the hose selling water.

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Post by alistairSH »

h2odragon wrote: post #3

this isn't going to be fully effective until they name and shame. little popups (like viasat did) that say something like "your internet will continue to suck until your neighbor at $address stops torrenting the 100gb h0rse archive" and then they can get extra fees for "anonymous" as well as "unlimited"...

Or Cox can tell users what the limits are and cut off only those that exceed the limits. Punishing a whole region for one heavy user is ridiculous.

Re: Cox slows Internet speeds in entire neighborhoods to punish any heavy users (2020)

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Post by ryandrake »

zer8k wrote: post #14
h2odragon wrote: post #3

this isn't going to be fully effective until they name and shame. little popups (like viasat did) that say something like "your internet will continue to suck until your neighbor at $address stops torrenting the 100gb h0rse archive" and then they can get extra fees for "anonymous" as well as "unlimited"...

Or alternatively they could take some of their record profits and upgrade their 30 year old infrastructure. The modern world is internet-enabled and these people are the ones with their foot on the hose selling water.

You mean, potentially have shareholders and executives get slightly less money? Preposterous! How would they afford their Aspen home or yacht in Monaco?

Re: Cox slows Internet speeds in entire neighborhoods to punish any heavy users (2020)

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Post by Loughla »

majorchord wrote: post #15

I could only dream of having 10mbps upload... we are still stuck on DSL here, I am lucky to get close to 1mb upload, not enough to even watch my home camera feed reliably, especially with audio on.

During covid my local ISP got a grant to run rural fiber. We went from satellite to a full gig fiber connection. It has literally changed my home life.
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