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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Not that what the cablecos are doing is right, but they might actually win in court.
Remember that cablecos have to negotiate with and pay the municipalities for licenses to lay down cable and the rest of their infrastructure. Which means there are contracts at issue.
There's no telling what ambiguous clauses are in there.
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Are the cable companies laying down cable that can handle broadband connections? Are they throttling access per-house, on the old per-block system, or maybe some per-municipality system that gives enough bandwidth for someone to get 1/5 meg/second if they're the only one on and nobody's watching TV?
Remember, these aren't public utilities whose job is to provide service. Their job is to make as much money as they can as fast as they can.