I live in a very urban area of N Portland OR (15 min bike ride from one of the main exchanges for Portland). This area in called the Silicon Forest. Intel, IBM, Veritas, and OSDL are here to name a few. I only have Cable, and dial up access in my area. At 7PM at night it is so slow. I called Quest to inquire about possible DSL in my area, and they have told me that I am too far away from the CO, and they have no plans to upgrade my area. My co-worker lives in Gresham and has Fios. My other coworker lives in the country about a 20 min drive outside of Woodburn and has DSL. There is no competition in my area for access.
We have been reading and discussing privacy in class at Portland State University. I ran across this and might give you an idea of what you as a cable subscriber could do to try to keep some privacy.
Check out The Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984. My book explains it this way; "A cable subscriber must be informed of any personal data collected (and when), and the use and availability there will be of such information."
I am no lawyer, but there might be something to this.. Since it is on the books.
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I live in a very urban area of N Portland OR (15 min bike ride from one of the main exchanges for Portland). This area in called the Silicon Forest. Intel, IBM, Veritas, and OSDL are here to name a few. I only have Cable, and dial up access in my area. At 7PM at night it is so slow. I called Quest to inquire about possible DSL in my area, and they have told me that I am too far away from the CO, and they have no plans to upgrade my area. My co-worker lives in Gresham and has Fios. My other coworker lives in the country about a 20 min drive outside of Woodburn and has DSL. There is no competition in my area for access.
We have been reading and discussing privacy in class at Portland State University. I ran across this and might give you an idea of what you as a cable subscriber could do to try to keep some privacy.
Check out
The Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984.
My book explains it this way; "A cable subscriber must be informed of any personal data collected (and when), and the use and availability there will be of such information."
I am no lawyer, but there might be something to this.. Since it is on the books.