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Re:Comcast turns 50,000 paying customer homes into public ho... by huhtenberg on Sunday June 15, 2014 @10:07AM (#7895251)
Yep, except Fon has an opt-out option, it's opt-in to begin with in a lot of places and it's done with user's knowledge and explicit permission, not behind their backs as Comcast did it.

So, no, what Comcast did is not quite common in Europe.

Re:Comcast turns 50,000 paying customer homes into public ho... by lotsofmangos on Sunday June 15, 2014 @10:45AM (#7895316)
Comcast's service has an opt out option and was announced a year ago. I don't like to be standing up for them, but you are misrepresenting things a bit.