Showing posts with label Monopoly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monopoly. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Is Comcast Already Undermining Net Neutrality?

Comcast has plenty of reasons to not like Netflix's popular streaming service. Not only does it compete with Comcast's own video on demand services, but it does so using Comcast's internet services. But them charging an extra toll for delivering Netflix doesn't seem right.

Unfortunately, that's just what they're doing. Level 3 Communications, which helps deliver Netflix's streaming movies, has been hit with a new toll for delivering streaming video content. Essentially, this goes against the idea of net neutrality, allowing for an ISP like Comcast to favor its own content over that of another website or provider.

It's certainly a lousy precedent to set! Hopefully net neutrality will be come law soon to nip this sort of nastiness in the bud.

Read the whole article here at the NY Times.

[NY Times via Dvice]

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Nintendo, Profits better than EVER?!?!?!


Wow, I used to think the glory days of Nintendo were behind them; especially after how sales of the Nintendo 64 and Gamecube went. Apparently folks really want to flap their arms around and look silly because Nintendo has just had their best sales week EVER!! Check it out here. Thanks be to Wired.