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Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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esseph wrote: post #63
themafia wrote: post #27

The comment at the bottom of the article I believe is correct. I believe this because our neighborhood had the same problem. One day my neighbor, frustrated beyond his capacity, and seemingly very high on something, went outside and started ripping infrastructure out by hand and damaging everything else he could find with a hammer. They came out and replaced a lot of the damaged equipment and did a few upgrades. Afte…

That's a felony in the US by the way, and most will prosecute if they have enough evidence of who it was.

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Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by willis936 »

TimTheTinker wrote: post #49
nativeit wrote: post #5

I’ve dealt with this at least twice on behalf of clients. In both cases, another provider entering the market was the only thing that made a difference. By that point, they’d already burned all the good will they had in the area, so maybe they would have fixed things with competition, but I wouldn’t know, my clients got on the waitlist to jump ship the absolute nanosecond they hear about it.

Makes me wonder if Starlink is an option for OP. It's more expensive than most ISPs, but probably less than 3x what most people pay.

Starlink service is blacked out if you're within 20 miles of a radiotelescope that uses nearby bands as starlink. Maybe that's considered an edge case, but I can promise you Comcast has a lot of neglected infrastructure in those areas. I have receipts to prove that service dropouts are from outside the demarc but I had to waste a lot of time getting a tech to come out and say "looks fine to me".

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by bmacho »

stingraycharles wrote: post #119
vedmed wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used AI to analyze the log for patterns and to make the charts.

You do you, but the least you can do is either not reply, or admit that you used AI to write the copy as well.

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Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by vedmed »

bmacho wrote: post #129
vedmed wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used AI to analyze the log for patterns and to make the charts.

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I don't mean to be dismissive or rude, this question is genuine:

Why should I care or bother?

This is the extent to which I used AI: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46022576

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by bmacho »

vedmed wrote: post #134
bmacho wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I don't mean to be dismissive or rude, this question is genuine: Why should I care or bother? This is the extent to which I used AI: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46022576

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Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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stingraycharles wrote: post #118
bcraven wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this is a lazy criticism that I am _also_ growing tired of. If LLMs are trained on written information, that pattern of speech was present before they got there. It's a good way to add emphasis.

I’m very much uninterested in reading AI generated content. Your assertions seems to be “AIs only write like that because people have been writing like that”, but that’s not a great argument. It feels like AI has suddenly given a platform for people who previously were unable to properly write blog content. But it immediately feels unoriginal and generic. I’m just not interested in that type of content and immediatel…

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Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by tankenmate »

stingraycharles wrote: post #118
bcraven wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this is a lazy criticism that I am _also_ growing tired of. If LLMs are trained on written information, that pattern of speech was present before they got there. It's a good way to add emphasis.

I’m very much uninterested in reading AI generated content. Your assertions seems to be “AIs only write like that because people have been writing like that”, but that’s not a great argument. It feels like AI has suddenly given a platform for people who previously were unable to properly write blog content. But it immediately feels unoriginal and generic. I’m just not interested in that type of content and immediatel…

For the most part LLMs choose "the most common" tokens; so regardless of whether the content was "AI content" or not, maybe you are getting tired of mediocrity.

And of course also that mediocrity has now become so cheap that it is now the overwhelming majority.

Re: A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

vedmed wrote: post #50
mh- wrote: post #34

Earlier 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?

My brother ran the article through gemini and left that comment

Sometimes, the truth can be a letdown. Everyone was hoping it was LLMs all the way down. ;)

I am very fortunate to have two competing ISPs in my area. Verizon Fios, and Optimum Fibre. I have played them against each other. I have had both, over the years. I am currently using Optimum.

Still not especially cheap, but the service is good. The customer service ... not so good (think South Park).

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