[iTunes] ARUGH about podcast downloads

[Michael Prete]

On Jan 21, 2009, at 7:47 PM, Becca wrote:

>  think there's an arrogance that people who live in cities have -  
> don't realize that there's a lot of us who *don't* have access to  
> cable or DSL. And I've heard that there are some providers (like  
> Comcast) who arbitrarily and without warning cut off downloads they  
> consider "too big" because obviously someone who is *honest*  
> wouldn't be doing that big a download... makes it hard for people  
> who work at home and have to fileshare.

I would suggest that the arrogance is attributable to Comcast, not  
people who live in cities. The people who make those sorts of  
decisions are ISP executives, not Joe the Plumber who lives in  
Chicago. I'm hopeful that President Obama is aware of this  
manipulation on the part of ISPs and is ready to generate some  
changes. He has already promised to spend some stimulus money on  
improving the infrastructure. Lets hope that it includes broadband  
accessible to all. Seems like 70 years ago it was a governmental  
agency that was responsible for "rural electrification" when the power  
companies decided it wasn't profitable to run power lines out to rural  
homes. Now history repeats itself with broadband instead of electrical  
power.

I don't mean to be argumentative here, but if you aren't clear on who  
is responsible for the poor decisions that result in your pain, you  
can't be effective in generating change.

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Michael Prete

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