Switching?
The New York Times reports today that Comcast is testing the ability to slow down the connections of certain heavy users. Part of their plan is to not tell the people they’ve blacklisted that they’re on the blacklist. We’ve used Comcast’s cable modem service for 11 years, and were among the first 50,000 households to do so.
Coincidentally, we received a flyer yesterday from Verizon telling us that FIOS is now available in our neighborhood.
Tempting, very tempting.
Tags: comcast verizon lesser of two evils
Posted at 9:52 PM
Less of 2 evils indeed. It looks like FIOS is available in WA, but only in the richie-rich Eastside of King County. (Bellevue, Redmond, like that.)
I have the hate for Qwest, but since we don’t have cable TV, Comcast is just way too expensive.
Sometimes I wish I hadn’t left Tacoma; I would love to have the Click! network. www.click-network.com/ Apparently, Tacoma is one of the few places in the country where Comcast has lowered their non-promotional prices. Because wow: competition from something that’s not another eeeeviiiil megacorp.
Which reminds me...when I get my act together, I really do want to work on a public/nonprofit wifi network for Olympia. :)
Posted by Elaine at 10:59 AM, June 5, 2008 [Link]