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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 sucks up to 180 Mb/s of internet bandwidth while in flight — equivalent to 81GB of data per hour (www.tomshardware.com)

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[-] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

I keep seeing comcast mentioned, why do you guys across the pond pay for a broadband service with a maximum download amount like it's a 3G phone?

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

In the US, ISPs are government-enforced monopolies.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

What exactly does that mean? I thought you had anti-monopoly laws?

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

It's not a full monopoly. You can choose another ISP, but it's just that in practice you'd need to physically move to a new location to make that change of vendor.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That's a full monopoly.

[-] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

Why are you bickering with me about it? I don't appreciate people asking questions in bad faith just so they can make a spicy comment. Think I like it?

There are choices, it's just they all suck unless you're willing to move. Nobody's arguing that it is a local semi-monopoly.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I'm not the guy you responded to, I'm just pointing out that it is a full monopoly. Which is important because part of the story they sell is that the ability to pay thousands of dollars in moving costs is a reasonable cost of switching providers. We're never going to get the situation changed if we don't acknowledge that it's a full monopoly, complete with rent seeking.