<div dir="ltr">Legal fee's alone in trying to accomplish something like this would be massive. In the end you would just be dealing with a higher level, probably less responsive, service provider anyhow. <div><br></div>
<div>I have never had a worse experience with a service provider then I did with Century Link. They are the only wired service available in my area (rural) and it became so bad & unbelievable I go without rather then use them. </div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Unix is basically a simple operating system. But you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. D.R.</span><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 1:06 PM, tom <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com" target="_blank">thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Rob
Funk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rfunk@funknet.net" target="_blank">rfunk@funknet.net</a>></span>
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> <a href="http://www.cablemover.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cablemover.com/</a>
Type in your address only (not email!), and it<br>
> will search and scan and tell you what is available
in your area. This<br>
> assumes you're expecting to bundle cable and
internet service. As a<br>
> standalone service, DSL is really the only other
option, and it's never<br>
> above 5-10mbps, which you might as well sign up for
a 4G LTE hotspot and<br>
> call it a day.<br>
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Heh, that site just confirmed that T-W is my only cable
option. I like<br>
the concept though. It just needs to expand to other
transport media.<br>
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That's kinda where the <a href="http://speedtest.net" target="_blank">speedtest.net</a>
site comes in handy - It tells you what other ISPs are
in the general vicinity - you can then see which 3 or 4
(sadly, only 3 or 4) other players are in the area, and
do some calling around. Unfortunately, right now, it's a
menu with only one option on it for a lot of us.</div>
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> Keep in mind, Comcast is not going to come in and
pull out all of TWC's<br>
> finished work, fire all their people, and replace
with their own. (yes, some<br>
> of that will happen in the spirit of "economy of
scale" like in HR, Finance,<br>
> management... goes without saying) They're likely
to keep the @<a href="http://x.rr.com" target="_blank">x.rr.com</a><br>
> domains because people don't know how to migrate
their emails, they're<br>
> likely to keep all the set top and modems and such
will all stay the same.<br>
><br>
> I believe (and I hope I'm correct) that all we
current customers will see is<br>
> just a new name on the envelope for sending the
bill to each month. At<br>
> least for the first 3 or so years after the deal
closes.<br>
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I'm more concerned about corporate policy, particularly in
slowing or<br>
blocking things they don't like or things that compete
with their<br>
products. If we can persuade the FCC to reclassify them as
telecom<br>
services then I won't be too concerned, but until then I
can't trust<br>
them.<br>
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And yes I have the same concerns with T-W, but less so
because T-W is<br>
smaller (less powerful) and doesn't also own a huge media
company.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,0,51)">Really
- the same concern we all share with regard to network
neutrality.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,0,51)">With
all of the constant investment being done by carriers as
they refresh and upgrade their POPs, seeing the Netflix
index of ISP is very chilling. Why are the speeds going
down, when everyone is investing and building
better/faster/stronger?</div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font color="#330033" face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="http://ispspeedindex.netflix.com/" target="_blank">http://ispspeedindex.netflix.com/</a></font><br>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font color="#330033" face="verdana, sans-serif">It could be this...
although as it points out, it's difficult to prove...</font></div>
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<div class="gmail_default"><font color="#330033" face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/02/verizon-could-be-throttling-netflix-and-amazon-but-theres-no-actual-evidence-of-it/" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/02/verizon-could-be-throttling-netflix-and-amazon-but-theres-no-actual-evidence-of-it/</a><br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,0,51)">With
Comcast owning NBC, there's definitely some concern for
preference over allowing NBC and their
programming/advertising to have unfair programming
advantage. I felt the same about TWC up until they were
spun out from under the media conglomerate in 2009. </div>
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Not to speak of proposed Comcast Time Warnermerger. Freepress.net
among others are making motions to oppose that.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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