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Colorado Town May Sue AT&T For Broadband

Posted by timothy on from the ten-cent-screw dept.

foQ writes: "Avon, Colorado is suing AT&T over the lack of availability of cable-modem service in the town. I for one have been waiting a couple of years for the 'right around the corner' date they have been talking about. Here isthe story." AT&T appears to be meeting the letter of their agreement to make the local cable system "two-way," but perhaps not the spirit.

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  1. Sue their butts.... by tfurrows · · Score: 2, Interesting

    M-O-N-O-P-O-L-Y

    Sure, AT&T isn't supposed to be a monopoly nowadays (or a regulated one at least), but you could have fooled me! Point me in the direction of 3 or more cable internet providers and I'll change my mind...

    That being the case, let them be sued for screwing us all over and doing a crappy job of it! There's nothing worse that a monopoly that doesn't know what they're doing.

    --
    Wow! This must be a PERSONAL letter, just for me!
  2. Almost static IP by crow · · Score: 2, Interesting

    With MediaOne/AT&T, I have an almost static IP number. Every few months, it changes, so I go and update my DNS so that the domain works right. It means a day of downtime for the domain, but for the sort of stuff I'm doing, that's just fine.