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Comcast advertising “10G” in hopes to confuse consumers to accept slower speeds (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Comcast advertising “10G” in hopes to confuse consumers to accept slower speeds::Comcast says Xfinity offers 10G home internet, but the term "10G" is hazy and potentially misleading—especially because it has no relation to 5G for cell phones.

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[–] TurboDiesel 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's just clickbait for under-informed people looking for another "cable co bad" article. Granted, they really should say 10Gig, but I genuinely don't see how Joe Consumer would see that ad and go "oh wow! That's twice as fast as my phone!!!1!!1"

[–] baascus 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree. It would be one thing if they advertised symmetric speeds, but they aren’t. The FCC will also have cable companies labeling internet plans with these soon. This seems like a nonissue.