The internet is over!

[MaggieL]

U.S. broadband-cable companies are considered information services, which by law gives them the right to block VoIP calls. Comcast Corp., in Philadelphia, the country's largest cable company, is already a Narus customer; Thomas declined to say whether Comcast uses the VoIP-blocking capabilities.

Don't be silly...they're not using it yet, but they will soon. They're selling phone service, and at a time of their choosing they'll slam the door and then point out the clause in their ToS that says you can't do that.

They don't want you doing anything that generates significant upstream that doesn't also generate significant revenue.

For them.

I'm totally fed up with Comcast, from their constantly trying to jam digital service down my throat (at a price) to the crappy, sloppy way they insert their own dreary boring commercials into other people's programming. Often in the middle of another commercial.

Our wideband is *provisioned* by Verizon, but the ISP is Voicenet. Comcast's days in our household are numbered; we're shopping for a good VSAT TV service.