Comcast Tests a New Bandwidth Throttle

[The Kipnis Studios]

What's really sad (and Fraud, from my standpoint) is cajoling people to pay another $10 or $20 a month to increase their download bandwidth to speeds (AS HIGH AS) 15 Mbps or 30 Mbps, when in reality, no systems I have tested in a home environment can achieve those speeds - even if everyone else on the internet fell asleep - for hours!

This is simply false advertising, and making excuses only brings home the point that internet providers just want to take our money - while providing between 25-75% of what they guarantee.

I know I would be very upset to constantly by a pound of cold cuts, only to receive 1/2 pound or less regularly.

What about being ripped off for gas? Oh, that's right - it's legal to charge an increasing price for a commodity - as long as someone is willing to pay for it (or has no choice)!

[JerryDelColliano]

I agree - many of the promised speeds are NEVER reached.

we need an improvement in technology to get to the next level of bandwidth.

[The Kipnis Studios]

Until people complain, or stop purchasing products that they use everyday (like GAS) and hold providers responsible, this will just continue.

Perhaps, if we all stopped buying GAS for a couple of days (as a nation) then the oil companies would have to lower the prices. And with bandwidth, if people pay for it yet don't complain when it isn't even a fraction of what is promised - well?