Comcast already offered 150, 250, 400, 1000, and 2000 Mbps in Houston. What actually happened is the company substituted 250 for 150 in one bundle and 400 for 250 in another.
There wasn't any substitution to do for the standalone plans because...no bundle.
So Bode is trying to turn a free upgrade into a downgrade because he's so demented.
Yes, I have an in-depth understanding of Comcast offers in Houston because I looked them up. You can do it too; just go to www.xfinity[dot]com/locations/texas/houston/internet-service and check your choices for unbundled Internet. Click on "View All Offers."
The offers of interest are Blast Pro (250 Mbps) and Performance Pro (400 Mbps). I checked an old address of mine in Houston and confirmed availability.
They also offer Gigabit (1000 Mbps) and Gigabit Pro (2000).
As I said, Bode lied to you. That's what he does, so no surprise. But why did you buy it again?
Reports emerged this week that the company is upgrading the speeds of customers in Houston and parts of the Pacific Northwest, but only if they continue to subscribe to traditional cable television.
Wrong. The higher speeds are available to all customers.
Show me any article written by Karl Bode for TechDirt or elsewhere and I can find at least one sentence that's an abject, shameful, and egregiouis lie.
Look at Google's corporate network: data centers all over the world interconnected with high capacity fiber and intersecting with ISPs only to dump data. That's what's known as a private Internet because it only carries Google data.
Bode claims: "And part of the reason Sprint and T-Mobile have struggled is AT&T and Verizon's monopoly dominance of fiber-based cellular backhaul, something that won't change just because of M&A mania."
This is a big pile of hooey, of course. Sprint has a big pile of fiber assets that it's not using because it has so few customers and so little ability to invest in the wireless edge. TMUS has customers but its fiber backhaul is weak.
So a combination of the two companies produces a genuine rival to the two companies that currently have 80% of the market. Bode's math - 4 > 3 - misses the fact that three firms with a third of the market each is much more competitive than the status quo.
What part of “fuck off” do you fail to understand?
You’ve repeatedly called me a liar for making statements supported by evidence while offereing nothing but conjecture and vague reference to sources you haven’t read as justification. You suffer from grandiose delusions and have nothing to offer that’s better than warmed over bullshit.
“Fuck off” means I don’t care to engage you any further. If you want to believe that you’ve won an argument, be my guest.
This thread began when I said: "There's never been an honest economic or technical analysis indicating NN is the way to go. NN is religious dogma."
When I point that I still haven't seen such an analysis, you accuse me of changing the subject. That's a very sad maneuver, but par for the course with drive-by anonymous attackers.
The "economic analysis" you offer was written by lawyers.
The Free Press list of offenses is bunk that I've discussed before: hightechforum[dot]org/fact-checking-net-neutrality-violations/
I'll tell you what: don't try again, your answers are getting worse.
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Shocking!
Why can't they just buy entire law schools as Silicon Valley innovators do?
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There wasn't any substitution to do for the standalone plans because...no bundle.
So Bode is trying to turn a free upgrade into a downgrade because he's so demented.
And you bought it, sucker.
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Re: Re: The lie in this comment
The offers of interest are Blast Pro (250 Mbps) and Performance Pro (400 Mbps). I checked an old address of mine in Houston and confirmed availability.
They also offer Gigabit (1000 Mbps) and Gigabit Pro (2000).
As I said, Bode lied to you. That's what he does, so no surprise. But why did you buy it again?
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The lie in this article
Reports emerged this week that the company is upgrading the speeds of customers in Houston and parts of the Pacific Northwest, but only if they continue to subscribe to traditional cable television.
Wrong. The higher speeds are available to all customers.
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Re: The Emperor's New Clothes
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This shouldn't upset you.
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The Bode Challenge
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I didn't coin the term, kids.
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Oh, hold on. If you could distinguish real from fake, you wouldn’t be a TechDirt fan.
Never mind.
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Fake news
Why does he do this sort of thing? Puffing up a story for traffic is pretty common, but this is bald-faced lying.
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Re: Bode is hilarious
This is a big pile of hooey, of course. Sprint has a big pile of fiber assets that it's not using because it has so few customers and so little ability to invest in the wireless edge. TMUS has customers but its fiber backhaul is weak.
So a combination of the two companies produces a genuine rival to the two companies that currently have 80% of the market. Bode's math - 4 > 3 - misses the fact that three firms with a third of the market each is much more competitive than the status quo.
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Bode is hilarious
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You’ve repeatedly called me a liar for making statements supported by evidence while offereing nothing but conjecture and vague reference to sources you haven’t read as justification. You suffer from grandiose delusions and have nothing to offer that’s better than warmed over bullshit.
“Fuck off” means I don’t care to engage you any further. If you want to believe that you’ve won an argument, be my guest.
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Fuck off.
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I've made my case and I stand by it.
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Short attention span
When I point that I still haven't seen such an analysis, you accuse me of changing the subject. That's a very sad maneuver, but par for the course with drive-by anonymous attackers.
The "economic analysis" you offer was written by lawyers.
The Free Press list of offenses is bunk that I've discussed before: hightechforum[dot]org/fact-checking-net-neutrality-violations/
I'll tell you what: don't try again, your answers are getting worse.
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