Is Comcast Heading the Way of the Dinosaur?

CasualRepartee writes "Comcast has been one of the most successful cable companies in the world; in many parts of the U.S., Comcast sits pretty on huge user bases that don't have many viable high-speed internet alternatives. However, poor customer service, slow speeds and generally poor business practices could make the once-great internet giant another extinct dinosaur, no ice age required. The fact of the matter is this: Comcast is no longer the biggest and the best. Cable is taking a distant back seat to Verizon's FiOS (fiber optic service), which delivers speeds up to 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload speeds. Unlike Comcast, FiOS delivers the full range of bandwidth to each user, whereas Comcast users are forced to share bandwidth with other users on the same coaxial cable, causing speeds to fluctuate dramatically with usage."

Comments

Re:censorship?

[stonecypher]

I realize the tagging is in beta, but why censorship?

Because Comcast throttles BitTorrent, and the pirate kiddies can't tell the difference between the right to free speech and the ability to steal. It's pretty sad.

Re:Why censorship?

[stonecypher]

I know that there are censorship issues associated with Comcast

No, there aren't. Censorship is when a government forbids you the ability to publish a document. Comcast, and all telecomm infrastructure providers, are incapable of censorship, and there is nothing of censorship in throttling P2P. Quit being such drama queens - choking bittorrent isn't even close to censorship, and you should feel primitive for having suggested otherwise.

You do not have the inalienable right to theft, and don't even bother wasting my time telling me about all the other legitimate uses of BitTorrent which account for less than one tenth of one percent of all BitTorrent activity.