What someone else does with their own internet connection is none of your concern.
I don’t believe you have a CATV modem, or you don’t understand what you’re talking about, since only Verizon offers FIOS right now and I know for a fact that you can’t lag FIOS without using up some serious server space.
Long story short, while I agree with you that Comcast should be able to do and charge whatever they want with their network, I would also suggest that you need to educate yourself on how broadband actually works before making yourself look foolish again.
Just for the record, I was one of the first FIOS engineers that Verizon assigned to the Virginia build and was involved in the project from 2005 until June of this year, so I do know a bit about this subject.
Your reading comprehension skills seem to be impaired. And I also suspect you overestimate your own nunchuck skills and broadband skills, Napoleon.
Huh? In my community, Comcast is a regulated monopoly, granted exclusive access to an area in exchange for having their fees and services overseen by a public commission.
The fact that this commission is a lap dog to Comcast, and approves whatever they ask, does not change the fact that public approval is needed.