I'm actually somewhat content with my broadband options. No, I'm not ecstatic and am glad this is happening but PLEASE someone disrupt the damn cell phone business. My ISP doesn't install software on my computer, doesn't hit me with mystery fees, and doesn't tell MS or Apple what to do, but cell carriers do all these things and more.
>and endless efforts to further "monetize" me through harassing phone calls trying to sell me more stuff,
Never happened to me, but all carriers text subscribers "deals" and other marketing garbage.
> intrusive DNS systems that redirect me to their crappy web sites, etc.
Never noticed and if I did its trivial to change DNS.
Cell phones on the other hand do all these things. I mean, Verizon just told google that its Wallet NFC stuff simply isn't allowed. Imagine if Comcast said "You can't install LibreOffice on your computer because we're thinking of entering the office game." I won't even go into uninstallable carrier apps, commercial spying, mystery charges, and billing fraud.
Maybe Google Fiber will the the backend for a future wireless roll out. One can hope.
>and endless efforts to further "monetize" me through harassing phone calls trying to sell me more stuff,
Never happened to me, but all carriers text subscribers "deals" and other marketing garbage.
> intrusive DNS systems that redirect me to their crappy web sites, etc.
Never noticed and if I did its trivial to change DNS.
Cell phones on the other hand do all these things. I mean, Verizon just told google that its Wallet NFC stuff simply isn't allowed. Imagine if Comcast said "You can't install LibreOffice on your computer because we're thinking of entering the office game." I won't even go into uninstallable carrier apps, commercial spying, mystery charges, and billing fraud.
Maybe Google Fiber will the the backend for a future wireless roll out. One can hope.