F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as a Utility

Re:F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as ... by na85 on Monday February 02, 2015 @02:58PM (#8986513)

I love how the upvote system encourages pedantry.

It's clear that Parent is saying "Comcast delivers shitty service" -> "water utility delivers shitty water".

It's a (possibly unintentional) pun, and I'm quite certain that Parent was able to get their point across regardless of technical inconsistencies.

But don't let that stop you in your quest to nitpick on the internet.

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Re:F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as ... by nickff on Monday February 02, 2015 @03:03PM (#8986553)

First off, that's not a pun; though it may qualify as some sort of base humor.

I'm not nitpicking, I just think the comparison doesn't make any sense unless one is trying to make Comcast out to be some sort of villain spewing sewage through everyone's taps. An internet outage is rightfully characterized as similar to a power outage or drought. The latter two are caused by poor planning and capital investments by power utilities, and the former is caused by similar behavior by the ISP. Both are fairly common.

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