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If you're thinking about getting a gigababit cable, you can

June 30, 2019 by Catherine Pope

If you're thinking about getting a gigababit cable, you can opt to buy a separate cable modem, which Comcast says will provide the same speeds you get via Comcast's service. You'll still have the ability to connect from a home, but the cable modem will only take you about three minutes to download at a speed of more than 25Mbps.

Comcast's net neutrality will be in effect beginning in the fall, but it won't be until 2017 that the company's gigabit service will be fully available to American consumers.In a bizarre move, the Department of Defense announced today that the Pentagon's Office of Management and Budget is reviewing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for a "strategic and political" approach to the budget.

The NDAA is a sweeping, over-budget measure that, according to its website, "will provide DOD with $12.6 billion over the long run and $11 billion over the short run to address the significant challenges facing the military."

According to the website, the budget would also include an "inflation adjustment" to fund the transition to a "more efficient" military, which would also include "the rearmament of the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, and the Department of State."

According to the website—which is also available on the Pentagon's website—the Pentagon would also increase its use of the Patriot missile defense system (and to its credit, the Pentagon has been quick to support the system), "increase the U.S. military's capability for the global nuclear deterrent and the use of a nuclear cruise missile."

The Pentagon does not seem to be taking this approach lightly. In a March report, the Defense Department cited Pentagon officials as saying "this has the potential to create a situation where the Pentagon can't afford to take advantage of the current situation."