Goodbye internet, whatever did we do without you?

[Hammerskjold]

This ruling still makes blocking illegal, what it opens up is companies getting preferential access to bandwidth.

That still kinda grates my cheese.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyuIiG4c4Go

I'm not 100% with the guy when he talks about Software as Service, and I'm with Abe Simpson when it comes to the all praise teh cloud etc.



But the majority of what he's talking about, I can definitely see and personally agree with.

Especially at the 8:06 mark.

Does it ensure that Netflix and Hulu get charged the same rate? If not, cannot Comcast give Netflix a low rate, and give Hulu a higher rate?

I'm following the U.S. side of this because frankly, what happens in your country will very likely ripple in mine.

But as a recent (at least officially) "cable cutter", and sure as hell won't be going back. (Hello Netflix and free over the air antennae!)

My take is Comcast and it's ilk sees Netflix, and anything that is not within their own controlled sphere as their mortal enemy.

What happens if a bandwidth provider also owns content distribution? Wouldn't they give themselves the best bandwidth for cost, and shut out their competitors who must pay for bandwidth?

Egg-sac-tumondo.

Net based tv? Baad. Cable TV? Goood. Net based tv that is owned by a cable TV behemoth? Why that would be...Double plus good.

But why shut them out, that may get people riled up. Much easier to maybe, say there will be no data cap\count if you go with -our- data and content plan. Anything that is not in our subsidiary or ownership, yeah that will count against you. But if its in under our umbrella, why of course not. Because we're just nice like that. Like a kind old grampa who just want to watch some cable tv with you.

So won't you stop killing your kindly old grampa, and start subscribing to cable television?

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