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Really Misleading Ads From Broadband Providers

Posted by timothy on from the should-have-been-in-the-tos dept.

Bourdain writes "Gizmodo has put together a good compilation of the — seemingly almost criminally — misleading (largely plain wrong) advertising from our favorite local monopolies. My personal favorite is from AT&T which states you need 3mbps to use social networking sites like Facebook."

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  1. need more speed! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apparently I need a faster connection to use sla

  2. Facebook bloat by DriedClexler · · Score: 5, Funny

    My personal favorite is from AT&T which states you need 3mbps to use social networking sites like Facebook.

    Have you tried to use Facebook recently? Sounds about right!

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    1. Re:Facebook bloat by Donkey_Hotey · · Score: 3, Funny

      Dad?

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    2. Re:Facebook bloat by baka_toroi · · Score: 2, Funny

      Only in Slashdot such a lame meme can survive for roughly a decade.

    3. Re:Facebook bloat by FlyingBishop · · Score: 5, Funny

      Your bandwidth is irrelevant. You just need something on the order of a quad-core i7 to handle the Javascript.

      Of course, that doesn't help with the other bottleneck, which is that the entire site seems to be served from a single 486.

  3. Re:I love some of their plans by Thelasko · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do these people even know what the word "maximum" means?

    They're smart engineers.

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  4. 3mbps for facebook... by countertrolling · · Score: 5, Funny

    Block the ads, and you can probably get away with 300 baud..

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  5. Re:I love some of their plans by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fusion Power Stealth... yep.

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  6. Re:I love some of their plans by stimpleton · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes I am starting an ISP, we have named our plans based on internal combustion engine technology (from slowest to fastest):

    - Naturally Aspirated
    - Venturi Affected Plenum Chamber
    - Forced Induction (Blown)
    - F1 (120% Volumetric Efficiency

    Sign-ups seem slow...

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  7. Re:I love some of their plans by bobdotorg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do these people even know what the word "maximum" means?

    Pffft. My ISP goes to 11.

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  8. They're right, 3mbps IS required for facebook by arikol · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're right, 3mbps IS required for facebook.

    I mean, otherwise your torrents might slow to a crawl...

  9. Re:I love some of their plans by Osty · · Score: 4, Funny

    But can I get your service with a hemi?

  10. Re:I love some of their plans by Ihmhi · · Score: 4, Funny

    - Forced Induction (Blown)

    Give me 20 minutes with an air compressor and one of their marketing executives and I'll show them what forced induction is all about.

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  11. Re:I love some of their plans by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wait for the Gillette Fusion Power Stealth Extreme Plus 3000.

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  12. How about that maximum thing? by elgee · · Score: 3, Funny

    You do need a bit of speed for sniping on ebay auctions.

    But how about that maximum thing when buying pills to "extend your tool?"

  13. Re:0_0 by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 2, Funny

    Actually, lag injection doesn't sound that far-fetched given the quality of most ISPs.

    It also doesn't sound far-fetched that Microsoft heats their campus by burning the bodies of orphans. Doesn't mean it's happening.

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