http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/ Engadget Comments for 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/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Cuz Comcast is the shit. Like their service.]]>Jun 9th 2010 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
Haha yeah. Then again, how could they possibly have thought that was a good idea?]]>Jun 9th 2010 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Hope they regulate and forbid internet neutrality violations, like Traffic Shaping.]]>Jun 9th 2010 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 10th 2010 12:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
Great Google is just sitting back and saying "great job guys... great job. Now as long as you give us user data we'll back which ever way you decide you want to screw over consumers."]]>Jun 10th 2010 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
Relevance: here's hoping some good can come out of this]]>Jun 9th 2010 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
Destroyed]]>Jun 9th 2010 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/This is my 570th post, I'll appreciate you if you appreciate me.]]>Jun 9th 2010 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
I agree with Lord Vader. You've done greatly with battling the Troll Rebels.]]>Jun 9th 2010 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
you actually count how many comments you post?]]>Jun 9th 2010 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
lemme re-phrase, ahem...

you actually keep treack of how many comments you post?]]>Jun 9th 2010 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
track*

stupid commenting system..

nevertheless, Congratulations!!]]>Jun 9th 2010 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
After all those bloopers, congratulations was the least you could say! :)]]>Jun 9th 2010 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
i ]]>Jun 9th 2010 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/You can keep track of how many comments by clicking on your tiny avatar at the top of the page. It'll tell you in your Member Profile page how many comments you have made on each Engadget site.

For example, after I post this, I will have posted 307 comments.]]>Jun 9th 2010 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
BITAG means trap in Tagalog.


It's a trap!]]>Jun 9th 2010 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 10th 2010 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
The need to share that "TIBAG" would have made a much better name :-)

I hope my next comments would be better/more mature :-)]]>Jun 9th 2010 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
Tho i was thinking of a completely different kind of "TIBAG" .... i guess i play video games too much :-\]]>Jun 9th 2010 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
I was thinking the same thing as I doubt we will see anything out of this group of capitalists. They certainly won't stop traffic shaping or actually giving us the bandwidth we pay for *ahem* Comcast *ahem*...]]>Jun 9th 2010 8:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Lemme fix that mistake:
"Now people will have poor Internet."
There, fixed.]]>Jun 9th 2010 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://welcometointernet.org/]]>Jun 9th 2010 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
These companys have huge power and need to be reined in to a degree if it's not too late already. I'm not advocating monster government, just common sense. We need some enforcement for all our good. Don't let anyone convince you that capitalism needs no policing. That argument is usually given by people who would benefit from no enforcement.

I somewhat digressed from the topic. Sorry

*gets off soapbox, wanders away**]]>Jun 9th 2010 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
I agree totally. If we need police on the streets we certainly need them to regulate fat cat corporations.]]>Jun 9th 2010 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Ronald Reagan]]>Jun 9th 2010 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
Hey, maybe you can give me a list of things the government regulated that got cheaper? Must be a HUGE list the way you talk.

Cable TV, regulated for years, never cheaper.

Air Travel industry. Regulated for years, only got cheaper AFTER deregulation.

Hmm, I can't think of any.

I'll enjoy seeing YOUR list of money saving regulation!]]>Jun 9th 2010 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
So what pushes back against business when they try and influence government or/and your private life to make a profit? Do you propose banning government? Then I still ask the same question. :)]]>Jun 9th 2010 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
I'm not proposing larger government. However, if you do your research, you'll see Cable was deregulated and actually increased the rate in which it raised it's rate in many markets. Look what happened to power plants after deregulation, Enron, rolling blackouts. Look what happened when the Glass/Stegall act was repealed under Regan. Deregulation doesn't encourage better business, just monopoly. Leaving business to do whatever it pleases because they would never do anything to hurt you is just a naive way to think. And if it does hurt you, what recourse do you have? Look, I'm not hear to answer every argument for and against. But facts are facts. I own my own business, I employee over 300 people (interstate corp). In fact it's a corporation (!). I have to deal with local,state and federal government regulations all the time, some are crazy. Sure there are issues sometimes with stupid government, but the fight for no government is just self defeating imho. I'm done, sorry to have digressed once again.
]]>Jun 9th 2010 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Antitrust laws, price fixing laws, were established, as were monopoly laws to ensure there would be fair competition. So that one company couldn't conspire with others to keep rates artificially high, or take over entire markets ensuring there would be no competition to help lower prices. All brought to you by government, out of necessity because of abuses in the past by business. And to this day companies try and weaken these laws to abuse them so they can charge what they want, and take over markets, and stifle competition. ]]>Jun 9th 2010 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
With wifi and wimax services coming out everywhere you can get internet cheaper than the hardwired cable or fiber optics. Go to Clear and get mobile and home for the same price as a cable line! If the old ISP want to survive, they will have to lower prices and get faster.

Let the politicians in, they will limit the wireless not to infringe on the hardwired for donations... no competition, no innovation, and higher prices. ]]>Jun 9th 2010 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 10th 2010 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/Jun 9th 2010 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/09/google-verizon-comcast-and-more-band-together-to-form-tech-a/
P.S.
Surely TAG is copyrighted for use by TAG Group (as in TAH Heuer, TAG McLaren, TAG Aviation etc)]]>Jun 9th 2010 9:50PM