- Broadband Bytes for 2014-04-18 http://t.co/EAaW8w2Gw2 ->
- If broadband is so important, why would you leave it in the hands of a company acting like an incumbent? http://t.co/UABWPIkfvM ->
- What's in a name? If India had its way, a lot. http://t.co/pyPlW23hwY ->
- Comcast is still living in denial about its horrific customer service. http://t.co/ivFF8F3ury ->
- Always watch the legislature. It's where CenturyLink and Comcast are most active. http://t.co/ZMNDjaDkh6 ->
- Are we all really just going to pretend that Netflix rate hikes aren't from ISPs shaking them down? http://t.co/zcqwkX3VDP ->
- Google isn't spurring more gigabit, just a lot of fiber to the press release. http://t.co/3o56JIYdQc ->
- Are you getting the Internet you pay for? Probably not. http://t.co/jf7sUrJQHu ->
- Apparently the feds want Aereo dead too. http://t.co/1O6zBgfnC2 ->
- Stay alert, folks. Utah is a muni broadband battleground state. http://t.co/NAgXg9CPYC ->
- Worth noting: we should know the details of the Macquarie deal by next week. http://t.co/7ZpRZAxnfj ->
- There's big money in solving the rural broadband problem. http://t.co/Fxq8RRabTi ->
- AT&T is degrading Netflix while working on its own product. Anyone shocked? http://t.co/Y8r2c9oSDL ->
- Comcast's quarterly profit could build gigabit to around 1.5M homes. But they won't do that, will they? http://t.co/k5zElbdcbk ->
- A confused Standard-Ex suggests UTOPIA should start a marketing campaign despite the pending Macquarie deal. Huh? http://t.co/Xt6Vvd9fp9 ->
- Really, Google? Two years for a business product pilot in limited areas? http://t.co/1WIIG8rXqt ->
- Now that the stopgap of net neutrality is basically dead, can we move on to the real fix of greater competition? http://t.co/gNKG6WzJFB ->
- Bandwidth is still growing, but much of it now comes from private CDNs. http://t.co/zdXUQidvbt ->
- US Internet speeds are improving, but we're still 10th place. Behind Latvia and the Czech Republic. http://t.co/WkJLia2fFm ->
- OTT live TV could be coming sooner rather than later. http://t.co/RC3SmS39c3 ->
- If for no other reason get on IPv6 because IPv4 really is almost exhausted. http://t.co/KAzAFV9tiC ->
- Utility companies are well-positioned to give you the fiber you crave. http://t.co/ssUVpuXZ49 ->
- NJ sold out its residents. Don't let Utah do the same. http://t.co/Sx8eVxe3cD ->
- Monopolies breed poor service because there's no incentive to care. http://t.co/2LObkUfv6I ->
- Fiber or WiFi? Google says "why not both?" http://t.co/7vKaFkStj9 ->
- Big carriers are being prevented from consolidating the airwaves. http://t.co/EGDofGqrE5 ->
Broadband Bytes for 2014-04-25
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I for one sent multiple emails to Netflix asking then to raise my rate and cut a deal with Comcast to improve evening performance (which was terrible before they cut the deal).
Its a Faustian bargin Charles, just wait sooner or later Comcast will reshape your internet to look like a cable package, and you won’t be able to use google without buying expanded basic service, and yourtube will be part of an extra package that requires you to buy espn360 and the disney sites.
I canceled my subscription to netflix partly for enabling Comcast, by setting the precedence that this is acceptable.
http://www.distant-light.net/net-neutrality.jpg
Ron,
I disagree. the extra money ($1-2/m) is trivial. It doesn’t matter if Netflix pays Comcast.
What is needed and is coming (slowly) is competition to Comcast. Then Comcast will have to compete with what ever Utopia wants to make Nelflix run well.
that is fine for limited parts of the Utah market, where we have the benefit of city governments investing in an alternative, the vast majority of the county does not have this benefit.
And its not trivial, today its netflix, tomorrow its yourtube, the day after its google. AT&T has been talking about out right blocking netflix and selling an alternative service of their own.
And how long does it stay $1-$2 dollars, they have their claws in now, give it 10 years and it will cost as much as the HBO package. And in 10 years think of all the other things you will be forced into paying for, google, gmail, bing, freeutopia.net, http://www.fox.com. Turn the internet into a pay per view experience at your own peril.
How long is it before they use this pretense to block content they disagree with, or that the government disagrees with.
The sad fact is for the most part internet service is a natural monopoly, and their will never be competition, beyond that of a duopoly and give the steady collapse of USWest/Qwest/Centurylink likely a monopoly(their copper from the node network is a pathetic joke).