I'm regularly teased by "Google Fiber is available in your area!" ads. I check sporadically to see if it's changed, but my neighborhood wasn't among those wired for it, I guess, so bullshit dumbass Xfinity it is, I guess.
Comment on Comcast Discloses Hackers May Have Stolen Data on 35.9 Million Xfinity Customers
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Man! They could be facing a hefty fine totalling up to $10,000.00.
Why should they pay for security when there is no real punishment for customer data leaks? They have geographic monopolies, so customers can’t leave. Regulators will do nothing. Courts will do very little.
We need progressive leadership and legislation. Conservatism only benefits billionaires.
ivanafterall@kbin.social 6 months ago
Steve@startrek.website 6 months ago
They do have competition from starlink
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s not accurate. Starlink does not offer service to heavily populated areas. Cities are stuck with whomever has sued the local governments most effectively.
Steve@startrek.website 6 months ago
I think your info is out of date. I checked an address in the most densely populated place in the US according to google, and its available.
Can you find an address in the US where Starlink is not available?
phillaholic@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Little chance many people in that area have the ability to have a satellite dish given they’d need outdoor space for it, and about 20% of the population lives in three sky scrappers.
Neato@kbin.social 6 months ago
Should be a fine of $10,000 per customer whose data was breached. Plus any costs associated from each customer for stolen identities. Plus cost for identity protection services for each customer.
Comcast: we'd go out of business!
Good. Then the government can auction off your infrastructure (really the US's since we paid for most of it) and the next company won't fuck around with data.
grue@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This is one of those comments that makes me almost miss being able to gild things.