Comments on: nightmare scenario http://www.yankeetag.com/blog/archives/nightmare-scenario/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:21:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jeremy http://www.yankeetag.com/blog/archives/nightmare-scenario/#comment-33 Jeremy Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:44:28 +0000 http://www.yankeetag.com/blog/archives/nightmare-scenario/#comment-33 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. 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.

]]> By: nate http://www.yankeetag.com/blog/archives/nightmare-scenario/#comment-25 nate Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:21:20 +0000 http://www.yankeetag.com/blog/archives/nightmare-scenario/#comment-25 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 :( 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 :(

]]> By: Richard http://www.yankeetag.com/blog/archives/nightmare-scenario/#comment-24 Richard Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:23:35 +0000 http://www.yankeetag.com/blog/archives/nightmare-scenario/#comment-24 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. 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.

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