Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style

[Steven Bellovin <smb () cs columbia edu>]

On Dec 20, 2010, at 8:51 01PM, JC Dill wrote:

> On 20/12/10 2:15 PM, David Sparro wrote:
> > There is no monopoly.  They've already experimented with that and (apparently) decided that it wasn't worth it.
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> > http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/ptech/stories/DN-verizon_17bus.State.Edition1.f7543b.html 
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>         Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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> Do you have any cites saying that this was actually rolled out?  Or did the project get cut during the financial 
> crisis, and never actually rolled out?
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> The issue I have with all these "cites" is that none of them are for services that are up and running.  They are all 
> press releases about something that will supposedly get built, maybe.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_Forever
Maybe I've lost the thread context, but if you're talking about FIOS it most certainly is running, in many places 
(http://www22.verizon.com/Residential/aboutFiOS/Overview.htm?CMP=DMC-CVS_ZZ_ZZ_E_TV_N_X001).  My town has it; Comcast's 
responsiveness improved dramatically after FIOS was rolled out....  Speeds are good, prices less so, and if memory 
serves they charge something like $40/mo extra for static IP addresses.


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb