Comcast's Incompetence, Lack of Broadband May Force Developer To Sell Home

BUL2294 writes Consumerist has an article about a homeowner in Kitsap County, Washington who is unable to get broadband service. Due to inaccurate broadband availability websites, Comcast's corporate incompetence, CenturyLink's refusal to add new customers in his area, and Washington state's restrictions on municipal broadband, the owner may be left with no option but to sell his house 2 months after he bought it, since he works from home as a software developer. To add insult to injury, BroadbandMaps.gov says he has 10 broadband options in his zip code, some of which are not applicable to his address, have exorbitant costs (e.g. wireless), or are for municipal providers that are prevented from doing business with him by state law. Yet, Comcast insists in filings that "the broadband marketplace is more competitive than ever." As someone who had Comcast call to cancel on the day of my closing (two days before my scheduled install) because they didn't offer service to my house after all, I can sympathize.

Comments

What a dolt.

[Anonymous Coward]

Bought a house that had no internet run, trusted Comcast call centers word for it?

Either way, plenty of LTE solutions available that are plenty fast enough now in the US.

homeowner fail

[turkeydance]

Comcast sucks, and the homeowner does as well. our work is done here.

Re: Invisible hand

[rubycodez]

So providers should provide broadband as a charity?

See, the thing about poor people is, they're broke and so make poor customers.

All you Comcast® haters ...

[CaptainDork]

... quit it.

We're people, too.

Re: Invisible hand

[stealth_finger]

So providers should provide broadband as a charity?

See, the thing about poor people is, they're broke and so make poor customers.

No, it should be provided as a utility you dumb fuck. Available to all and not a complete rip off.