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Comcast reluctantly agrees to stop its misleading “10G Network” claims (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Who the fuck cares about 10Gbit/s? With data caps, there is nothing I am downloading on a mobile device that is perceptibly faster than downloading it at 1/1000 of that speed

[–] [email protected] 50 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Imagine having data caps in 2024

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

And this a problem only in the monopolistic culture of the US. I can't name a single EU State with broadband data cap.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Uhh... Germany would like to have a word

Most carriers do offer some uncapped plan, I think, but it's expensive and not the default

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I am talking about landline providers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Ah. Well the first comment in this chain talked about mobile devices, so I was assuming we were talking about mobile data plans

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Portugal.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Imagine it? Living it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I can get rid of mine...

For an extra $50/month

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I have 8/8 gbps with no caps... quantum fiber (lumen, CenturyLink). The speed is amazing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (5 children)

What's "quantum" about it?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Sometimes works, sometimes doesn't, but you only know when you check and go to use it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Its cost

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

$185? It's not that expensive for 8/8 IMO... 1gig cable is like $300

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, that's not bad. I pay $70 for just 1/1, so...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

That's the name of the company. https://www.quantumfiber.com/ It's owned/operated by Lumen/Centurylink.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

fibers carry light particles I guess

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

The electrons.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Holy shit I thought data caps died in the mid 2000s. Why is the US allowing ISPs get away with this nonsense?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Because we apparently love A-B testing our government.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Money. The answer is always money.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

This isn’t about 10gbps which is the point. It’s also not really about mobile. The packages they are offering are mostly cable connections (with a side of mobile).