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Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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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.

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

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I 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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Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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When 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…

That's the problem in my country. They're not afraid of anyone. It's a true duopoly here. There's no FCC to complain to, I guess the most you can do is weasel your way out of your contract but that leaves you with no internet. Local politicians don't give two shits (nor do they have any power). You could switch to a different provider, but their network is either copper (aka low speeds and unstable) or fiber (which is a hollow promise right now - there just isn't any fiber in my area).

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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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

Damned if you do, more damned if you don't.

I do suggest using high voltage rather than a hammer.

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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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.

This but unironically.

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Large 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…

I'm with you. They should all be prosecuted the hell out of

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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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.

I'm also getting tired of the people getting tired of the people getting tired of AI

Marketing is very excited about the negative articles.
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