LAN Addict has a rant on cable ISP's. As a cable user myself, I have to agree
with most of their points! =( Check out what they said here.
Ever wondered what happened to your service after you moved off the @Home
network? Experience what they called growing pains? Sure people have always
complained about bad service from ISPs but do you really get what youre
paying for?
Welcome to the world of business, it is ruthless, unmoral, and as always
anything for profit is worth while, sometimes at the sacrifice of its customers,
and not themselves. With the recent availability of Cable Internet few have
the choice of more than one provider, leaving competition out of the picture.
Without competition it is nearly impossible to change a companys viewpoint,
their policy, or even something simple. Since @Home as left us, many cable subscribers,
including myself have experienced so called "Growing Pains" and it
is out right frustrating! ISPs are now left alone to the number of users to
amount of bandwidth, guarantees, well they never did exist however in my opinion
they should.