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Comment Re:Comcast data caps (Score 1) 102

ATT fiber has been much more reliable for me. I've managed to get rid of their box (not something every user could probably do but you can extract the certs and build you own gateway). My IP doesn't change literally every week like it did on comcast and I can buy extra statics (not that I'd need to the IP hasn't changed in 3 years). I get reliable 939MBits up and down with no data caps. I've never had an outage in 3 years. Comcast sucked for me.

Comment Re: Comcast data caps (Score 1) 102

I have ATT fiber and consistently get 939 MegaBits/s down AND up. Real world speeds to random sites out on the internet aren't nearly the same but when I need to download 50GB updates to my engineering software it makes HUGE difference. I had comcast and ATT fiber is orders of magnitude more reliable. In several years of service I haven't had a single outage and I can use my own device (thought you have to be tech savvy for that). Finally my IPs don't bounce around every week. I've had the same IP for the last several years and have purchased more. I would never go back.

Comment Re:Good to see /. accept Intellectual Property (Score 1) 136

Yes, and no. If you went out and took your own pictures of snow or sand or water or whatever and use those then good on you no problem. However if you use the digital files off of this womanâ(TM)s CD or took pictures of the textures published in her book thus making either a copy or a derivative work then no youâ(TM)ve infringed her copyright.

Comment Re:Good to see /. accept Intellectual Property (Score 1) 136

Donâ(TM)t forget works being artificially restricted using technology to certain regions of the world to maximize the profit that can be extracted while avoiding the potential of a work being exported From a region where it sells cheaply to a region where it sells for a more expensive price

Comment Re:Gigabit fiber can be delivered for $50/mo (Score 1) 80

I donâ(TM)t know where you are but I just price them here in Menlo Park California in the San Francisco Bay area and itâ(TM)s $66 a month including a $20 a month discount for the first year making the regular price $86 a month not that different from my current $90 a month AT&T fiber to the home. I really do get gigabit speedâ(TM)s in for a few extra dollars a month I can even get static IPâ(TM)s and their IPv6 address is donâ(TM)t jump around every week like Comcast it. If you root and replace their home gateway itâ(TM)s really a decent service

Comment Re: I wonder... (Score 2) 309

Thatâ(TM)s the job. It comes with awesome power. If youâ(TM)re not willing to have the public watch over your shoulder while you exercise that power thatâ(TM)s fine; donâ(TM)t take that job. No one is forcing you to do so. There are plenty of other people who will and plenty of other jobs for people who wonâ(TM)t.

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