Comment on Comcast Falls as NBC Owner Sheds Broadband, Cable Customers

• NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Woke up from a coma since 1994 recently?

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  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes actually, can you explain it like I’m 5?

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    • NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That would only get us back to 2018.

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• spongebue@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just spitballing an answer here.

  Pretty much all electronic communication people receive is, in some way, dependent on private industry. Sure, many places have tornado sirens and stuff, but without details on what those sirens mean we have no idea what to actually do in response. We have emergency alert systems through cell networks, but I’m still at the mercy of my private carrier functioning properly to receive that.

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  • Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Emergency response is an angle I hadn’t considered, and that’s a great point.

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