04 February 2021

Comcast > MONOPOLISTIC PRICE GOUGING...That's kind of important context, without which the reader walks away possibly thinking Comcast is somehow being altruistic here.

A follow-up to a post on this blog yesterday THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
Spoiler Alert: "If there's an area the modern FCC and state regulators have failed miserably, under both parties, it's broadband caps. It shouldn't take a pandemic to realize that monopolies imposing costly, confusing, and unnecessary restrictions to drive up the already high cost of broadband access isn't a great idea (such restrictions are also also abused competitively in the streaming space). And, with only the occasional exception, and despite endless, breathless yammering on about the "digital divide," most federal and state regulators clearly couldn't give any less of a shit."
YESTERDAY WAS BALTIMORE
THE DIGITAL DIVIDE/DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION / "Throttling" Internet Speeds: Putting a Comcast Press Release Into Context
Here's a good example to contrast one of those "feel good" corporate communications that has a back-story provided by Caroline O'Donovan writing in Buzzfeed News - first the slick release with all the politically-correct buzzwords
Comcast Provides Update on Decade-Long Commitment to Digital Equity; Announces Plans to Accelerate Efforts in 2021

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