[ale] All you Comcast fanboys...

[Michael Trausch]

This group surprises me.

It shouldn't be hard to build an Internet where we little peoples peer with each other. Maybe not able to preserve 1 GBPS everywhere, but I know this: I will find a way out of the Comcast network. GF won't hit my area. That's OK, though.

We can build the User Controlled Network.

After all it is the only answer to the question and problem of network neutrality: prohibit The Man from controlling the network!

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> On Jan 30, 2015, at 9:04 AM, DJ-Pfulio <djpfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 01/30/2015 08:41 AM, Dylan Northrup wrote:
>> Only for customers for whom Google is an option. . . for me in Marietta,
>> Comcast and AT&T are my only options (and DSL isn't really an option).  Google
>> Fiber won't be an option for quite a while, if ever.  I can only hope when
>> Comcast modifies their plans to respond to Google Fiber in the areas it's
>> available those modifications will be effective across all municipalities in
>> the Atlanta area.
> 
> Let's be serious.  Google Fibre won't be an option for most of the people in the
> metro area for years.  Remember how long ago they announced for Austin?  They
> just started taking real signups last Oct. If enough of a neighborhood doesn't
> sign up, they don't get it.  Google is cherry picking neighborhoods.  I think
> this is more about embarrassing other providers into providing higher speed than
> anything else - well - besides having router access to tracking data.
> 
> AT&T, Comcast and Cox have 18 months to upgrade the areas where GF will be
> installed to prevent subscriber losses. And that is exactly what they've done in
> Austin. Places on the list for GF magically got
> http://kxan.com/2014/11/24/google-fiber-plans-moving-forward/ higher speeds from
> 3 providers and reduced prices.  None of my friends in Austin can get GF and
> they aren't in areas likely to see it for yrs though they do live inside the
> city limits. No TWC bandwidth change for them, at least not yet.
> 
> In short, hope for the best, but don't hold your breath. ;(
> 
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