Dec 10 2007

nightmare scenario

Published by nate at 11:47 am under Annoyances, Computers

Comcast, the only true high-speed internet option in my area, is not an option for me. There are two reasons for this:

  1. Comcast gave my name and information to some copyright protection group working for the TV networks, because I downloaded one episode of the Office, and one episode of House, M.D. through torrents. I hate Comcast, and will not use them.
  2. Also, they don’t offer service at my address.

So I didn’t really want to use Comcast, but not having high-speed internet just might kill me. Oh, and before I forget, Qwest: stop telling people you offer highspeed. 1.5 Mbps is not high speed. That’s not any kind of speed. That sucks.

So, I’m going to have slow internet. At least until somebody invents a way to make Comcast not suck, or for Qwest to go fast.

3 Responses to “nightmare scenario”

  1. # Richardon 11 Dec 2007 at 10:23 am

    wow!
    it’s very typical that in our capitalist society we’d see this kind of degradation of service.
    in a perfect socialist state, you’d be happy because the government would provide you with lightning-fast internet free of charge.

  2. # nateon 12 Dec 2007 at 2:21 pm

    of course, in our socialist state with lightning-fast internet we wouldn’t have anyone to maintain the technology or grow it, so when the capitalist countries have far superior technology in six months, our lightning-fast internet is going to start seeming rather slow :(

  3. # Jeremyon 20 Dec 2007 at 9:44 am

    I too am protesting Comcast. I am a avid torrenter and refuse to have my privacy invaded. So, my solution was to give SBC DSL a whirl… worst decision of my entire life. After waiting 2 weeks for a modem (the CSR I originally spoke to upon ordering never even placed my order), a total of 2 hours worth of my cell phone minutes talking to these dults, and an entire evening of trying to find just the right spot to place the modem so that my mac (1 room away mind you) could pick up the wifi, I’m finally up and running. Up and running at an outrageous 30 kb/s download speed average. This is SBC’s 3mbps option mind you.

    Not to mention a week after I set this garbage up, I read a horror story about AT&T/SBC giving away personal info to the RIAA. What a horrible world we live in.

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