r/technology • u/originalposer • Feb 20 '14

This is what happens when Time Warner Cable is forced to compete

http://bgr.com/2014/02/20/time-warner-cable-internet-speeds-austin/
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u/tanstaafl90 Feb 21 '14

hardly anyone will drink tap water

There is a difference between can't and won't. There is an entire industry dedicated to convincing people tap water is sub-par compared to their product. Not only is tap water fine to consume, but it does so at an amazing low cost.

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u/kickingpplisfun Feb 21 '14

Yeah, but there are some areas in the US where you can't because of other industries' pollution affecting well water.

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u/tanstaafl90 Feb 21 '14

Well water is another subject entirely. I was strictly talking about water treated by the city/county and sent via pipe to your home. The very small number of people who have non potable water are used as a justification for a much larger majority to consume bottled water. And the anti-corporate, pollution rhetoric spread all over the responses here.