Comcast says it represents a 10 Gigabit cable internet network they are building (it doesn’t exist) so they are basically changing the meaning of the g from generation to gig to act like 10g is 5 generations better (or twice as fast)…or that they have a 10 gigabit network. Neither is accurate. It’s still just cable internet that people have to use because they have no other option.
Fuck Comcast.
I read online they are abandoning the “confusing” 10g branding but I just saw a commercial for it. They think all of their customers are morons and count on folks having no other choices in a lot of cases.
Apologies to anyone outside the United States, this is just complaining about our poor internet options and deceptive advertising by greedy corporations.
They should be forced to have a standard like a food label. Should show average speed and uptime for past 12 months
Crazy idea…
Phone OS developers often fight with carriers about the network labels that get displayed on a phone’s status bar. Carriers often demand a certain name and label to be shown.
Apple does some shitty stuff, but they have often been able to strong-arm carriers into industry-wide customer experience improvements, because they have a monopoly on iOS and have fast OS update adoption. Apple should just push a software update that always shows bandwidth instead of “4G,” “LTE,” “5G.” Then they should update their maps app to show crowd sourced bandwidth speeds across a carriers’s network.
Air their dirty laundry and watch them squirm.