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I have to admit I am also tired, and your quote sounds like a competent engineer doing a flex, and also being a bit bitter. on edit: regarding the comment, yeah that sounds pretty AI.
A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure
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#102I had to step back for my own sanity when dealing with similar issues with xfinity, had multiple FCC cases open and they just lied their way through it with no impunity. OP if you're organizing let me know I have a burning fire passion for xfinity to get their just desserts
Do you have any ideas on how to leverage such organization to effectuate change? It would sure be great to have internet classified as a public utility.
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#104When you need a company like that to do something, figure out what they're afraid of. The only thing monopolies like these are afraid of is the government. So if you want them to get off their asses yesterday, raise a stink with whatever arm of your government will listen: FCC, local politicians, etc. You would not believe how fast even the lowest level government workers can get these guys to take care of your probl…
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#105Probably?
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#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was merely pretty sure that the comment was AI generated as I read it. After reading it, I became a lot more confident when I noticed the username above the comment: Gemini 3 . Is this a Wordpress plugin the blog author is using?
you've obviously never used AI much then, because I was able to instantly tell that it's a summarisation typical of claude/gemini/copilot
I do suggest using high voltage rather than a hammer.
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Shut up, 1gbps up/down in 2025 should be a basic human right. I can't believe the things you learned to justify in US
You are absolutely right. There should be zero tolerance towards ISPs that provide anything less than one gigabit per second.
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#108Large service providers hate you. Not just you; they hate all humans, especially those that they have to pay or those that cost them money. They want you to pay them money and leave them alone. They literally don’t want to talk to you; the cost of the CS rep means that a call from you likely offsets most of all of what you pay them in a month. The last thing they are going to do is hire more expensive people who can…
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#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have to admit I am also tired, and your quote sounds like a competent engineer doing a flex, and also being a bit bitter. on edit: regarding the comment, yeah that sounds pretty AI.
I'm also getting tired of the people getting tired of the people getting tired of AI
Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure
#110>Everyone downstream of whatever is broken on their infrastructure probably has it too. Probably?