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Comcast gave false map data to FCC—and didn’t admit it until Ars got involved from the Oops I did it again dept.
Matthew Hillier can't get Comcast service at his home in Arvada, Colorado. But that didn't stop Comcast from claiming it serves his house when it submitted data for the Federal Communications Commission's new broadband map.
Comcast eventually admitted to the FCC that it doesn't serve the address—but only after Ars got involved. Comcast will have to correct its submission for Hillier's house, and a bigger correction might be needed because it appears Comcast doesn't serve dozens of other nearby homes that it claimed as part of its coverage area.
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It's striking that Comcast "chose to contest the challenge before doing a serious investigation into the validity of the challenge," Harold Feld, a longtime telecom attorney and senior VP of consumer-advocacy group Public Knowledge, told Ars. "Anyone can make a mistake, but to opt to defend that mistake rather than correct it is a deliberate choice that flows from the fact that there is everything to gain and nothing to lose from sticking by an inflated claim."
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The FCC has a shaky record with cracking down on carriers who submit false data, as seen in our 2019 article about the FCC deciding not to punish Verizon, T-Mobile, and US Cellular for exaggerating their 4G coverage. The US Government Accountability Office issued a report the same year saying the FCC wasn't doing enough to detect and stop fraud.
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(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 10, @04:32PM (6 children)
People just got done reelecting all their servants back into congress, and will do it again next time... just another rerun
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 10, @10:08PM (4 children)
How is that offtopic? Comcast only has all this power because people reelect their puppets into office. If people stop doing that, the market will be forced open to real competition. Obviously the moderation was politically motivated
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 11, @12:48AM (1 child)
Translation: Doesn't support my political agenda.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 11, @04:35AM
:-) I have no agenda. I am merely pointing out the obvious that you are voting for Comcast's agenda when you reelect their patsies into office time after time. If the moderator's problem isn't political, it's psychological, and they are in denial
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 11, @03:48PM (1 child)
"Obviously the moderation was politically motivated"
You must be new here. Welcome to greensiteV2. Or redditV2. Or...
Broken system based on a very broken concept.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 11, @07:03PM
On the contrary, the concept is very beneficial, and the system here and at the green site are amongst the best in the business. It's just that downmodding, because it is frequently political, or in zumi's, barb's, etc case, just plain petty and punitive, should be more restricted, or maybe they should ration points like they do on the green site. It will cut down the abuse
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12, @10:49PM
offtopic
And now we know the second downmods were done by staff or the regular mod squad.. proto-fascists
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday February 10, @09:04PM (1 child)
Punished with executive bonuses?
How often should I have my memory checked? I used to know but...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12, @12:07AM
Probably not, but if they do the executives will just end up making more money by deducting it from their taxes and shifting money around thanks to the non-taxable event.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12, @05:56AM
I was on the staff here. Janrinok emailed the staff on September 10 saying he had proof aristarchus never created sock puppets. He was certain Runaway created all the suck puppets like the Fuck You Niggers accounts and even impersonated aristarchus. We were told to continue saying aristarchus created all the sock puppets and deny all evidence to the contrary. Janrinok said the backlash and embarrassment for being so wrong would destroy the site. I recently resigned from the staff and I want to come clean. Aristarchus was innocent. Runaway and janrinok framed him.