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Not true enough, its unequivocally true Im not trying to be a jerk, just pointing it out so no one misunderstands this. They are not a private company and have to adhere to guidelines that a private company does not. Aside from Fiber, aside from anything else, just wanted that to be clear.
What are you Saying? They are not part of the government. They are publicly traded, but that's not the same as a public entity. If you're a stockholder, feel free to complain at the next shareholder event. Otherwise there's literally no room to complain. They feel that allowing certain groups free acces is good for their bottom line long term.
What are you Saying? They are not part of the government. They are publicly traded, but that's not the same as a public entity. If you're a stockholder, feel free to complain at the next shareholder event. Otherwise there's literally no room to complain. They feel that allowing certain groups free acces is good for their bottom line long term.
It also makes sense to me that they want to provide service to these people. If Google is the ISP that means your default search is probably going to be google, your isp provided email address is going to be gmail, etc. They are going to make lots of money off of showing ads to these people.
I use privacy badger and adblock so I don't see any ads. I know that doesn't stop them from seeing what I do online but I know I wont view any ads they want to deliver. It just irks me that I would have to spend extra money for them not to follow me around online.
This is why AT&T gigapower is a non-starter here. No effing way. And watching their hijinks with the FCC has only made them look worse.
What are you Saying? They are not part of the government. They are publicly traded, but that's not the same as a public entity. If you're a stockholder, feel free to complain at the next shareholder event. Otherwise there's literally no room to complain. They feel that allowing certain groups free acces is good for their bottom line long term.
Geez pal, all I'm saying is they ARE a public company, equivocally, factually, period, so no one thinks otherwise from your post. That's all. Nothing more.
This is why AT&T gigapower is a non-starter here. No effing way. And watching their hijinks with the FCC has only made them look worse.
I went with TW for the new house and supposed to get 300/20 but have yet to break 150. Some days I'm getting less than 25. ATT is looking better and better. I'm going to call TW next week and see if they can figure out what's going on.
Geez pal, all I'm saying is they ARE a public company, equivocally, factually, period, so no one thinks otherwise from your post. That's all. Nothing more.
Ok. I'm just trying to make the distinction that they are not a public entity. Publicly traded companies are still private. They owe nothing to the public at large other than to obey relevant laws, unlike government, which has to deal with fairness issues in using taxpayer money. You can buy stock in them and if you buy enough, you might be able to get a say in what they do, but otherwise they may as well be controlled by one person who doesn't answer to you.
Ok. I'm just trying to make the distinction that they are not a public entity. Publicly traded companies are still private. They owe nothing to the public at large other than to obey relevant laws, unlike government, which has to deal with fairness issues in using taxpayer money. You can buy stock in them and if you buy enough, you might be able to get a say in what they do, but otherwise they may as well be controlled by one person who doesn't answer to you.
Like you said, Alphabet is a publicly traded company, but it is also private industry (sector), i.e. not funded by the government.
Someone told me gigapower has data caps - anyone know?
I was impressed by how nicely they put everything back together after putting down cable, but not enough for a data cap when I work from home.
They do. But...if you factor in the charge for going over (they just charge you X amount and it's unlimited after that...I forget the total, husband pays that particular bill), then you can count on that being the highest your bill can get.
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Im not trying to be a jerk, just pointing it out so no one misunderstands this. They are not a private company and have to adhere to guidelines that a private company does not. Aside from Fiber, aside from anything else, just wanted that to be clear.
