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Man holds Comcast to account with Twitter slow-bot that tweets when his internet speed drops

on Feb 1, 2016 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

Telecom providers often market certain internet speeds that can be largely unachievable for some web users, however one man has built a script to ensure a Twitter bot holds his web provider Comcast to account everytime his broadband speed drops greatly below the advertised levels.

Reddit user AlekseyP unveiled the bot, claiming it announced when his web speed drops below 50Mbps.

Typically the tweet will read as follows – and there are a lot of them.

Hey @Comcast why is my internet speed 29down8up when I pay for 150down10up in Washington DC? @ComcastCares <a target=_blank Read full story ›

Source: The Drum