[ale] slashdot article on high speed issues

[transam at verysecurelinux.com (Bob Toxen)]

On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 09:58:11AM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/06/06/01/2333210.shtml
> Comcast is mentioned...
They always say "up to X".  Pragmatically, if you increase the quoted
from 3 Mbps to 6, your actual speed probably will go from 1 to 2.

Unfortunately, this false advertising and, IMO, fraud will continue
unless there is a class-action lawsuit since clearly the Better Business
Bureau, the FTC, and state agencies don't care.

I've also proved that it sometimes happens even if there IS a SLA, at
clients' requests for commercial service!  After threatening in that
case, the bandwidth mysteriously goes up.

> -- 
> Until later, Geoffrey

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