Sony Put Video Service on Hold Due to Comcast Data Caps 348
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."
no problem (Score:5, Funny)
I'm nowhere near my monthly data c
Re:This is exactly why... (Score:5, Funny)
this form of bribery is also legal so long as it can't be proven
That is a feature, not a bug.
Re:This is exactly why... (Score:5, Funny)
But if they did that i wouldn't know who to root for.
On one hand, Sony is a terrible company that needs to be made obsolete.
On the other hand, Comcast is one of the worst cable companies.
Best scenario is they both go under.