http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/ Engadget Comments for FCC National Broadband Plan: some of your favorite ISPs respond http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/That cat will haunt my dreams FOREVER!]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
That cat just ate a child before having that photo taken.]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Guys. Serious cat is serious.]]>Mar 17th 2010 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
they are scrambling to find ways to profit from all this without consumers and goverment finding out right away i'm sure]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
But now its with MONEY ]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
Money is one hell of a drug.]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
The plan calls for more consumers buying into the providors' products/services, and even at a lower cost this equals more profit for those companies.]]>Mar 16th 2010 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/40? fuck me, i pay 80 for 20/20, but only get 20/10. I don't even have a 20/15 option :/]]>Mar 16th 2010 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
that's...MBps in case you didn't know...our internet is usually measured by bits not bytes. So you can multiply your expectations by a factor of 8.]]>Mar 16th 2010 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
http://www.stopetaxes.com/]]>Mar 16th 2010 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
Yeah, good ol government.]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
You spelled spelled wrong.]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
Well, if you want the government to put its nose and money into the internet then you're going to have to pay for it in taxes.]]>Mar 16th 2010 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
I called it. ]]>Mar 17th 2010 1:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
You mean Xfinity?

Xfinity, the future of . . . Comcast.]]>Mar 16th 2010 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/They'll have 200 mbps but a 250 GB limit in 2020 :P]]>Mar 16th 2010 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
um. the government has always been involved in the communications industry.

and, "do they have to?" no, but they *almost always* should be involved.]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/I don't see their past actions as justification for a continued interference in the industry. It makes no sense.]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
True, though only because the politicians allow them to.]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
If anyone knows exactly what there doing that will be great... because all I've heard is very simple plans when its never simple.]]>Mar 16th 2010 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Not to people with under 100k a year and kids and etc.]]>Mar 16th 2010 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
It doesn't seem unrealistic, or overambitious. If anything it seems a tad on the conservative side.]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Don't you wish you had an Edit option?]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/
I want an option of buying 256 Kbps now for 1/24th the price though. If there was a free low speed network, companies would spring up with products that were always updating and can run remote diagnostics.

With what I do on-line anymore, I don't use that much bandwidth.]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/It's been a long time since he last used Kbps. Broadband FTW! ]]>Mar 17th 2010 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/16/fcc-national-broadband-plan-some-of-your-favorite-isps-respond/Mar 16th 2010 5:05PM