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[Discordia]

Comcast is in the process of buying out Time Warner ... so good luck getting any issues resolved. The telcos must be regulated and all lines nationalized, but that won't happen, and with metering, capping and throttling going on, who knows if any of this will get resolved.

[Raist]

Comcast is in the process of buying out Time Warner ... so good luck getting any issues resolved. The telcos must be regulated and all lines nationalized, but that won't happen, and with metering, capping and throttling going on, who knows if any of this will get resolved.

Yeah.. not too excited about that prospect. Though, it may lower our costs slightly... on the other hand, Comcast hasn't faired much better in reputation in some markets. But, the deal is far from done... it still has to be accepted by the shareholders of both companies as well as pass regulatory review. May not see it actually move forward until the end of the year, possibly later if there's enough push-back.

In the mean time, people are still going to harass the h3ll out of them on their own forums and twitter feeds to fix their network. They recently announced proposed upgrades starting this year in the LA and NY markets, with expansion to the remaining markets rolling into 2015/2016. Who knows just how far they've progressed towards that rollout and the actual timeline... hope they keep their word and start it at least with NY and LA. Those markets are really hosed at the moment, and it's affecting everyone that has to go through those corridors.. not just the locals in those markets. May provide some relief to the Oceania and other Pacific regions that are using the NA servers and have to come through California, possibly the EU players also if their coming through that NE region of the US.

Time will tell... hopefully it will be an improvement. If not, there is always AT&T's DSL... if they would just upgrade from the stupid 6Mb cap with the ADSL crap. VDSL is breaking into the Carolinas now though... which gives a glimmer of hope for some real competition one day. FiOS has virtually stalled for our area... which really bites. But, if AT&T manages to break through the local regulatory authorities and can start competing in the 10Mb+ markets, it will make a big difference.

Until then... we have to just stay on the current slackers to actually do the job we pay them to do....