> (Comcast recently quoted me approximately $27/foot to extend aerial fiber along an existing Comcast attachment, on a route with no complications whatsoever, so they can provide me (expensive) improved service. If they’re charging rates like this, then it doesn’t matter where the Federal assistance comes from: one way or another, everyone is massively overpaying.)

I rarely pull up my Xfinity account but I did the other day when I moved and was shocked at how bad the experience was. I counted that it took ~3 minutes of loading + redirects to get me from the login screen to my account screen, and that's on a gigabit internet connection from Xfinity!

I was pissed but then I relized, they have a virtual monopoly in my region and besides paying for Starlink, there are no other options. These guys have zero incentive to make thier website better, because what are you going to do?