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Sony Put Video Service on Hold Due to Comcast Data Caps

Posted by Unknown on from the last-mile-conflict-of-interest dept.

suraj.sun writes with more fallout from Comcast's bandwidth caps that give preference to their own video services. From the article: "An executive from Sony said Monday that concerns about Comcast's discriminatory data cap are giving the firm second thoughts about launching an Internet video service, that would compete with cable and satellite TV services. In March,Comcast announced that video streamed to the Xbox from Comcast's own video service would be exempted from the cable giant's 250 GB monthly bandwidth cap. 'These guys have the pipe and the bandwidth,' he said. 'If they start capping things, it gets difficult.' Sony isn't the first Comcast rival to complain about the bandwidth cap. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has also blasted Comcast's discriminatory bandwidth cap as a violation of network neutrality. Comcast controls more than 20 percent of the residential broadband market, which means that Comcast effectively controls access to one-fifth of any American Internet video service's potential customers."

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  1. Re:This is exactly why... by jellomizer · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yea down with lobbyists lets start with the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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  2. Re:This is exactly why... by cpu6502 · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'd have no problem with that (including the Congressman heading the MPAA). But I don't think we've reached that point yet. This order:
    Soap box
    Jury box
    Ballot box
    Ammo box (last resort)

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