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Sep 10, 2007 -- Comcast firing customers for using too much bandwidth

The nation's largest cable monopoly is at it again creating mischief in the marketplace. Comcast has been shutting down its customers' Internet service without notice when they use too much bandwidth. Comcast won't divulge what defines too much use -- either to customers or the media. They say it's a secret. Their arrogance illustrates the danger of allowing technology to be in the chokehold of monopolies. Here we are in United States, the place that brought the Internet to the world, and we're falling further behind in Internet use and speed. In Japan, you can surf about nine times faster and it's cheaper because they have competition in their marketplace. To add insult to injury, now we have clowns like Comcast refusing to explain their bandwidth limits. You'd think they're protecting some kind of national security secret. Clark has nothing but contempt for Comcast and the way the company is using its monopoly position to take away people's access to the 'Net. While other Internet service providers say they also reserve the right to do this, no one else has as far as Clark knows. These monopoly-enforced bandwidth caps run counter to the spirit of America. Monopolies keep the prices stubbornly high and leave innovation is stuck in the mud. But it's more than just our wallets that suffer; it also harms us as a country because we're no longer able to compete with other nations who have better and cheaper access to the Internet. Clark would love to hear from a Comcast spokesperson who wants to come on the show and explain the company's ridiculous position.

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