U.S. appeals court strikes down net neutrality. (Off-Topic)

by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 19:54 (3968 days ago) @ Claude Errera

There aren't options.

If I want more than 5Mb service (down), I have ONE option - Comcast.

I have never lived somewhere where there were more options than here.

Where we live, our only option is the lovely Time Warner Cable... FOR NOW! Next year, Fiber is reaching into North Kansas City, so if I can afford it by then, that will be a great day. Although Google is another giant company I don't necessarily want to support, Fiber sounds amazing compared to Time Warner's options and their customer service.

To combat the growing Fiber, Time Warner recently lowered their rates by about $5 dollars. And yet... they also quietly announced they were going to start charging a rental fee for their modems for $5. So... it's the same total. Nice try, Time Warner!

They also raise your price after 12 months of use (because let's reward our legacy users, right?), so now me and Maddie just disconnect our service before that happens and then subscribe in the other's name for the next round. Take that! Ah, the little victories for the petty man.

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- U.S. appeals court strikes down net neutrality. - Xenos, 2014-01-14, 11:33
  - U.S. appeals court strikes down net neutrality. - stabbim, 2014-01-14, 11:55
    - U.S. appeals court strikes down net neutrality. - MrPadraig08, 2014-01-14, 12:20
      - U.S. appeals court strikes down net neutrality. - JDQuackers, 2014-01-14, 12:30
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        U.S. appeals court strikes down net neutrality. - ZackDark, 2014-01-14, 14:49
        
        U.S. appeals court strikes down net neutrality. - Claude Errera, 2014-01-14, 15:12
        
        U.S. appeals court strikes down net neutrality. - Quirel, 2014-01-15, 01:05
        
        U.S. appeals court strikes down net neutrality. - Cody Miller, 2014-01-14, 21:11
        
        Nice - ZackDark, 2014-01-15, 06:51
        
        U.S. appeals court strikes down net neutrality. - Cody Miller, 2014-01-14, 15:48
      - U.S. appeals court strikes down net neutrality. - Leviathan, 2014-01-14, 19:54
        
        U.S. appeals court strikes down net neutrality. - Xenos, 2014-01-14, 20:07
        
        U.S. appeals court strikes down net neutrality. - stabbim, 2014-01-14, 21:51
        
        U.S. appeals court strikes down net neutrality. - Xenos, 2014-01-14, 21:54
      - I was really looking forward to gigabit fiber… - Beorn, 2014-01-14, 21:02
        
        I don't know what we're all complaining about… - Beorn, 2014-01-15, 03:46
- Reddit AMA with FreePress about it. - cheapLEY, 2014-01-14, 21:57
- U.S. appeals court strikes down net neutrality. - General Vagueness, 2014-01-22, 18:09
  - Guess it's time to move on to KoreaNET - ZackDark, 2014-01-22, 19:38

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