Broadband ISP Betrayal Forces Homeowner To Sell New House

New submitter knightsirius writes: A Washington homeowner is having to sell his new house after being refused internet service from Comcast and CenturyLink despite receiving confirmation from both that the location was able to receive broadband service. The whole process took months and involved false assurances and bureaucratic convolutions. The national broadband map database frequently cited by Comcast as proof of sufficient competition lists 10 options at his location, including a gigabit municipal fiber network, but he cannot subscribe to it due to Washington state direct sale restrictions.

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Actually I think that a corporate death penalty would go a long way toward making things better. Corporations are already willing to close-up shop in a given area and dump thousands of people into unemployment to save 20% by moving operations to foreign countries. Revoking a corporate charter would now affect shareholders too, so that those who own the company would know that if they allow their compny to go too far then they risk losing essentially everything.

I think that the fine in this scenario should be the cost to implement the service.