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posted by martyb on Tuesday June 03 2014, @06:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-you-don't-know-won't-hurt-us dept.

Comcast's been irking a large segment of the internet again this week. This time, though, it doesn't have anything to do with their pro-merger mania, their stance on net neutrality, or the problems with their actual service. The latest kerfuffle is all about a thirty-second commercial -- one that doesn't even seem to get the basics of its own technology right.

The ad in question is for Xfinity Internet, and how it's supposedly so fast that "real gamers" won't notice buffering or lag when they play online. The problem is that the game shown in the ad is Ubisoft's Trials Fusion, which notably does not have any online gameplay. The game modes shown in the ad are only played offline, and would look and feel identical if the Wi-Fi were completely turned off.

Notice how smoothly your Blu-ray is playing? That's the speed of Comcast Internet!

 
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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday June 03 2014, @01:29PM

    by kaszz (4211) on Tuesday June 03 2014, @01:29PM (#50620) Journal

    Will the average American even get that this ad is complete BS ..? most likely it will be "new shiny!" and "big corporation is trustworthy and would never lie" ..

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