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alexandraerinComcast launches program to provide cheaper internet service to low-income families.
Even though I know they are only grudgingly fulfilling a public mandate imposed on them to counteract the ongoing effects of the consolidation of the producers and distributors of information into fewer and fewer hands, I want to congratulate Comcast for taking this step. Lack of internet access might be a "first world problem", but if you're living and trying to find work and get an equitable education in a first world nation, then yes, it is a problem. Especially with libraries and other resources being cut or slashed to the bone.
The comments on the article are typically full of self-made Randian Man-Gods who cannot believe what the parasites and looters are getting away with, but let's be honest: Comcast didn't invent a wonder metal or a new type of engine that no one else could have invented. They've simply consistently out-competed others in the struggle to be the company that delivers information to the public.
Well, let's congratulate them on that, and allow them to make a nice profit for their labors... but at the end of the day, that they actually provide the service they've fought for the privilege of providing is a matter of public concern.
We the people should expect no less.
Even though I know they are only grudgingly fulfilling a public mandate imposed on them to counteract the ongoing effects of the consolidation of the producers and distributors of information into fewer and fewer hands, I want to congratulate Comcast for taking this step. Lack of internet access might be a "first world problem", but if you're living and trying to find work and get an equitable education in a first world nation, then yes, it is a problem. Especially with libraries and other resources being cut or slashed to the bone.
The comments on the article are typically full of self-made Randian Man-Gods who cannot believe what the parasites and looters are getting away with, but let's be honest: Comcast didn't invent a wonder metal or a new type of engine that no one else could have invented. They've simply consistently out-competed others in the struggle to be the company that delivers information to the public.
Well, let's congratulate them on that, and allow them to make a nice profit for their labors... but at the end of the day, that they actually provide the service they've fought for the privilege of providing is a matter of public concern.
We the people should expect no less.