Message from @xorgy
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"selectively"
I mean, Comcast has a thousand good reasons for shit to be delivered at different rates anyway.
from the basic technical perspective, their own first-party services, and services directly affiliated with them, are likely to be served from directly inside their own colocation centers.
(or even closer to the edge)
which means that they don't pay peering charges, and don't have to power up nearly as much equipment to make it work
seems to me that that should be allowed to be cheaper, it is in fact more efficient.
(not that that means you'll want Comcast's shitty streaming service, because chances are they will not get the hot licenses Netflix gets, nor those juicy juicy Netflix originals; ditto for HBO)
And sure, they're sleazy, and constantly trying to take advantage of you
but they're not so unscrupulous that they would do things so obvious that you would complain en masse.
Comcast is a monopoly, they're always gonna fuck me one way or another
they are rarely a monopoly
They are in my area
I doubt that
you can probably get directional radio
just maybe not DSL or cable or fiber from anyone else
I was in one of the areas selected for a download cap so I thought I was but I can look into whether that's changed
And honestly Comcast having their service in your county is a matter of them being proactive with your crony government.
Comcast are the ones willing to send the lawyers with nice steak dinners and hot tubs
Comcast is a lot better than they were 15 years ago anyway
Your politicians are the ones who say whether people get to use the utility poles or not.
The folks at Comcast are subject to pressure, if they become much worse than an upstart alternative could quickly become.
This is why even when they are your sole wireline fixed internet provider in an area, you get the benefits of at least the threat of competition. (though geography sometimes means that if Comcast is available where you are, they are operating at a loss)
My grandmother has a modest vacation property on a lake, and the building is a duplex.
One half is fully in the county to the north, the other half is split down the middle by the county line. That side of the duplex can sorta technically get Comcast, our side can only get satellite.
Even the _satellite_ provider needs permission from the county, it's ridiculous.
Internet Brought to you by the folks who gave you the 2.2 Billion Transit Center that is falling apart a month after it opened.
GREAT PLAN
If anyone can find a reference to the actual deal or a good analysis calling out key passages, it might be worth doing.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-nafta/nafta-talks-run-up-against-deadline-u-s-tariffs-remain-tough-issue-idUSKCN1MA0UJ
Futures smell the success up on the Sunday nite trade.
I'm slightly curious if Trudeau snuck any of his "feminist economics" nonsense in the deal. And I'm confused what Canada got out of the deal. There must have been *something* but it's not clear to me what it is.
They get the lifting of any US tariffs ... I think they had to give up some farm tariffs. It has been brutal down on the farm. I know, part owner of a farm via inheritance and the pain is here. So this should help the agri-business.
I should say "some" not "any"
But the bigger issue is still china for farmers. Soybeans at multi-year lows ... 8.44 a bushel.
In 2012 the high was 17.50 ... ouch. Depressed farm land values and no farmer is investing in equipment, etc ...
Farmers are getting prices they got back in 2006 - 12 years ago, but prices they pay have gone up 30 to 40%. Ouch!
But farming is only 5.5% of total US GDP, so not many care ...
As debt monetization starts with a vengeance soon, inflation is coming. Commodity bull market may start, though always dubious to call a bottom. Perhaps a good investment, considering everything else is so over priced.
Coffee, grains, sugar are all at multi-year lows. Interest rates rising. If this finally reverses people will cry to high heaven when they have to start paying a true price. People know something is about to happen, making Tim's culture war, go bananas.
That's interesting. Know what's driving it?
The Fed!