Part of the problem is that it's not all up to Cox. Apparently all ISPs are sticking it to the unknowing public and there isn't much we can do about it.
This was posted on slashdot a few days ago. http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070810_002683.html Titled: The $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our Broadband future was stolen. "There are no good guys in this story. Misguided and incompetent regulation combined with utilities that found ways to game the system resulted in what had been the best communication system in the world becoming just so-so, though very profitable. We as consumers were consistently sold ideas that were impractical only to have those be replaced later by less-ambitious technologies that, in turn, were still under-delivered. Congress set mandates then provided little or no oversight. The FCC was (and probably still is) managed for the benefit of the companies and their lobbyists, not for you and me. And the upshot is that I could move to Japan and pay $14 per month for 100-megabit-per-second Internet service but I can't do that here and will probably never be able to." On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Will Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > Shame on you for insults and false choices. I expect Cox to allocate > bandwith > for the job, not invest in filters that degrade service. Every dollar > spent > on racks of filters is an infrastructure dollar wasted. I also expect Cox > to > do their part in shutting down W32 botnets. I want Japanese network > quality > and pricing. That way, I get my video phone and my neighbor gets his > movie. > What I'm getting instead looks more like dial up every day because of > problems inflicted by M$ and the MAFIAA. People who use and recommend > Windows don't have a right to complain about bandwith. > > > On Thursday 29 January 2009, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > I think both of you have a valid point here. > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Have Mercy & Say Yeah
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