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What would the FCC/Comcast do if they didn't have a 900 lb gorilla to go after? What if consumers were using the exact same amount of high bandwidth services, e
by mixologic 12y ago
What would the FCC/Comcast do if they didn't have a 900 lb gorilla to go after? What if consumers were using the exact same amount of high bandwidth services, except instead of it being mostly Netflix and Youtube, it were 50 or 100 similar services?
- hrjet 12y agoThis might be something that is not just beneficial to ISPs. Probably the major content services want it too, because they can strangle upcoming competition at the expense of a few dollars. So the 900lb gorilla might not be actually running away.
- mratzloff 12y agoThey're increasing barriers to entry, as they do in every maturing industry.
- batoure 12y agoNetflix doesn't want this to go through, their market saturation is not nearly high enough. 76% of american's have some form of extended television service, cable/satellite. Netflix covers around 10% of US households. They see them selves as being in competition with these other providers. It is in their best interest to keep the cost of providing Netflix as low as possible until their % of households is significantly higher. So when you talk about protectionism you probably need to back out a level. Because remember the big business of the companies pushing the "internet fast lane" is also television. They have layers of conflicting interests in their wish to constrain Netflix.