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Gidney N Cloyd

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13. Worse: new startup content providers would be at a disadvantage to established providers if they...

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 10:45 PM

Dec 2017

...if they can't afford to upgrade their speed. So even if the established content providers don't pass along the cost of the extra speed, their speed investment can squash the new competition.
As TV networks begin to focus on delivery via Internet instead of cable (and that's the direction they're headed in), Movie Channel X could buy better speed than Movie Channel Y if it had deeper pockets and before long no one would want to bother with Channel Y because the compression and buffering would make it unattractive. Now maybe 'that's just business' but the example could be applied to news and information channels as well. Fox could afford speed that would make MSNBC's video look like a Kinetoscope in comparison.

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Days after the FCC repealed its net neutrality rules, the GOP has a bill to replace them [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 2017 OP

Blackburn?? Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2017 #1

I know right? BumRushDaShow Dec 2017 #3

Exactly xxqqqzme Dec 2017 #5

Right? eom Control-Z Dec 2017 #12

Blackburn? WTH? irisblue Dec 2017 #14

Good campaign platform for Democrats. Baitball Blogger Dec 2017 #2

The fact that they even bothered to do this BumRushDaShow Dec 2017 #4

This just shows that "paid prioritization" was the goal all along FakeNoose Dec 2017 #6

That and the graphic BumRushDaShow Dec 2017 #7

Just like they were saying after the FCC vote. MarcA Dec 2017 #8

They're trying to run the internet like an airline company with procon Dec 2017 #9

they kinda already have that with the different speed tiers and different data 'caps' mr_lebowski Dec 2017 #21

re: the contradiction you mention thesquanderer Dec 2017 #10

The issue appears to be directed towards content providers BumRushDaShow Dec 2017 #11

Worse: new startup content providers would be at a disadvantage to established providers if they... Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2017 #13

Truth FakeNoose Dec 2017 #15

Facebook doesn't consume much bandwidth, it's NOTHING compared to say, a netflix ... mr_lebowski Dec 2017 #22

Facebook took in more ad money last year than anybody FakeNoose Dec 2017 #25

But then given we are in a deregulation environment now BumRushDaShow Dec 2017 #16

Interesting idea Egnever Dec 2017 #17

With the availability of multiple subchannels for each OTA digital channel BumRushDaShow Dec 2017 #18

They've increased 'native' advertising SO MUCH lately ... in like everything ... mr_lebowski Dec 2017 #23

Yup BumRushDaShow Dec 2017 #24

Speed Up vs Slow down jgmiller Dec 2017 #19

I think I basically said in post #11 BumRushDaShow Dec 2017 #20