Thou shalt not question Comcast

[Don Levey]

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Matthew Gillen wrote:
> jkinz-+hffLmS/kj4 at public.gmane.org wrote:
>> It is clear that comcast/(all ISP's) cannot afford to sell
>> residential services if customers can effectively "resell"
>> (or give away) those same "services" to others.
> 
> I don't buy this either.  They can always undersell you, since they are the
> upstream provider.  And it's infeasible for Joe Random customer to "resell"
> the service in any way other than dial-up.  (hopeful monopoly-busting note for
> future: perhaps one of WiMax or the new "White Space" the FCC freed up will
> become a game-changer on this front.  One can only hope).
> 

Not strictly true, in that if you set up a WAP you and your neighbors
can share the same connection and split the bill.  Comcast would
effectively lose out on at least one subscription that way.  You might
also provide a filtered email service, bypassing the ISP's email, and/or
web space.  From what I can recall, if you use their web space and go
over their quota you pay them extra $$; they would rather make sure they
get the money and not you.

 -Don

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