[opendtv] Re: Media Industry Worries About Comcast-TWC
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 21:09:51 +0000
Craig Birkmaier posted:
http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702304020104579433571449307430-lMyQjAxMTA0MDEwMTExNDEyWj
Articles like this make me laugh. It's so weird to see the network colluding
with device makers, to either allow or prevent subscribers from browsing
certain Internet sites, with certain "connected" equipment, and the author
apparently oblivious to what's going on. Why is it that the journalists who
write these articles can't seem to see this collusion and describe it for what
it is?
In short, if Comcast prevents its subscribers from browsing certain Internet
sites, such as HBO Go, then it is NOT a neutral ISP. The FCC should come down
hard on such shenanigans.
But by the same token, having AppleTV and Roku go begging hat in hand to
Comcast, to have Comcast allow their crippled boxes to browse a couple more
sites on Comcast broadband, is just as ludicrous on their end.
And for the customers to accept this state of affairs is incomprehensible.
How about this? Keep the Internet bandwidth on Comcast strictly neutral. And
shame the AppleTV and Rokus of the world into designing competent Internet
appliances. And journalists, please don't make it sound like these shenanigans
are technically unavoidable. Call them out, for heaven's sake.
Bert
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