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Internet Binary Heroes: Gardening with Comcast
Rob Mach (Blog) - November 19, 2007 9:49 AM
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Nice one!
By Vanilla Thunder on 11/19/2007 10:02:40 AM , Rating: 5
Now that's acutally funny! Kudos.

Vanilla




RE: Nice one!
By Verran on 11/19/2007 10:17:30 AM , Rating: 2
Agreed! I'm liking these a lot more lately. Well done!


RE: Nice one!
By KristopherKubicki (blog) on 11/19/2007 1:20:43 PM , Rating: 5
It's Comcastic!


RE: Nice one!
By 16nm on 11/19/2007 10:31:24 AM , Rating: 5
Yeah, it's funny. I really wish DailyTech would create a new column on the home page for "Binary Heroes" just like there is a column for "Latest Blog Posts", "Most Popular Articles", "Latest Headlines", etc. It just think it deserves its own column. Maybe a few more artists could be found to include in the column...


RE: Nice one!
By kristof007 on 11/19/2007 3:04:05 PM , Rating: 2
Great idea. Also I don't like it how each one is its own article. Lets have a page where we can see all of them, newest ones first. Could we do that DT? Pretty please?


RE: Nice one!
By KristopherKubicki (blog) on 11/19/2007 3:41:32 PM , Rating: 2
I'll see if there's something I can do. It might not be right away but hopefully before the end of the year.


RE: Nice one!
By kobymu on 11/20/2007 3:01:23 AM , Rating: 3
Are you trying to poll an AMD on us? The end of which year?


RE: Nice one!
By FITCamaro on 11/19/2007 10:32:52 AM , Rating: 2
Agreed. That was great.


RE: Nice one!
By MPE on 11/19/2007 11:14:53 AM , Rating: 2
Kudos.

Nice.


RE: Nice one!
By HaZaRd2K6 on 11/19/2007 1:20:36 PM , Rating: 2
Very good. But how about Bell Sympatico, too?


RE: Nice one!
By KristopherKubicki (blog) on 11/19/2007 1:22:08 PM , Rating: 2
I honestly think Bell Sym / Comcast are just the tip of the iceberg.


RE: Nice one!
By AstroCreep on 11/19/2007 1:51:37 PM , Rating: 2
Word.
I wouldn't be surprised if this is going on in a much-more wide-spread fashion; they are just the ones who have been caught (or were dumb enough to say they were doing it in the first place).


RE: Nice one!
By HaZaRd2K6 on 11/21/2007 12:43:42 PM , Rating: 2
I agree completely. It's a damned shame. But hey, at least I haven't encountered any major slowdowns... yet.


Not this one
By EntreHoras on 11/19/2007 10:20:13 AM , Rating: 2
I was a Comcast costumer (the developer of the place were I just moved has an exclusive contract with AT&T) and I liked it's TV and Internet services and prices. Now I'm paying the same I payed Comcast for TV + Internet for a Phone Line and DSL to AT&T.

Even it was true that when I used shareaza a lot, Comcast crippled my connection; it's also true that I could never connect to shareaza through the AT&T DSL.




RE: Not this one
By jlanders646 on 11/19/2007 12:03:51 PM , Rating: 2
I use comcast currently as its my only option where I live. Torrents dl at 5k :( Though my Newsgroups download at 1meg. Go figure.


RE: Not this one
By JonnyBlaze on 11/19/2007 12:30:04 PM , Rating: 2
I have comcast in the Boston area. I download torrents usually at 1.2mb/s and upload steadily at 100kb/s with peaks of 300.


RE: Not this one
By FITCamaro on 11/19/2007 12:32:47 PM , Rating: 2
Yeah in Fort Wayne, IN, downloads I've seen were at like 1-1.2 MB/sec with Comcast.


RE: Not this one
By Polynikes on 11/19/2007 2:49:42 PM , Rating: 2
I had Comcast service in NC in 2004/2005 that was throttled.


RE: Not this one
By Lazarus Dark on 11/19/2007 10:41:40 PM , Rating: 2
Don't even get me started on Comcrap.
They shut me off a couple months ago, despite me never pirating or downloading anything illegally. I love some streaming tv channels, Comcast needs to get ready, as that is the future. What are they gunna do when people start streaming HD channels over the net? Time to get with the times.

I wanted to get DSL, but despite being in the heart of a city of one million+ people, somehow its not available to me (even though they advertise it all the time)
So I had to pull strings with a Comcast installer who's an old friend to get him to force the paperwork through to turn it back on.

First highspeed alternative to Comcrap gets my money. I want satellite anyway. More HD channels. I only use comcast cabletv because the cable + internet discount barely makes it worth it.


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