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Imagine how crazy it would be if ISPs just… actually… upgrades infrastructure with their billions in profits+government subsidies/handouts? Like, damn, imagine. US might actually have internet on par with the countries it considers shitholes
... That's exactly what's happening here?
They are offering 10gbps residential speeds. That's the highest consumer hardware is capable of. And even then, you would need a $100 network card to make use of it.
And even then, this is faster than sata3 ssds. You'd need an nvme ssd if you want to download a file at that speed.
Futhermore, unless you have a personal server somewhere, or paying a huge premium, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone serving you anything at 10gbps. Your best bet would be steam or an expensive plan from a file hosting service.
If everybody followed that logic in the 90s we’d still be on dialup. The root of the point though is “we” gave them billions of dollars like 20 years ago which they immediately did the absolute bare-ass minimum to claim “well, we did do that one thing over there in 2005…” and the rest of the money just kinda went poof along with all those profits stolen from the workers. Not reinvested into infrastructure, just shat out their asses to “investors” and executive officers.
We should’ve all had symmetrical (which is another thing Comcast sucks at) 1gig up/down a decade ago at least.
I’ve personally had gigabit fiber for years now, but that’s only because I specifically shopped for houses with multiple ISPs available and gigabit ready to go. That shouldn’t be necessary. Everyone should have it available with some very few exceptions for very rural people.
This very specific article is silly though if it’s any consolation to the reaming I’m giving Comcast. Yeah they should make this stuff more obvious I guess, but it seems like such a niche boomer grandma thing to fall for. I’d prefer an article ripping into the specific corruptions of officers and big investors at the telecomms and their regulators. Name and shame and provide addresses too. These people don’t deserve any semblance of peace