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Another merger that could affect all of us
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<blockquote data-quote="Drive XR7" data-source="post: 14169485" data-attributes="member: 43230"><p>When broadband providers merge, there is less competition and content providers are charged a premium to send data over the provider links. It's crap because the content provider (ie, Netflix) already pays to upload data to one of many transit providers. Now here comes big bad Comcast and they were able to successfully muscle additional cash from Netflix for access to their subscribers. When and if TWC and Comcast merge, it's only going to get worse.</p><p></p><p>I would love for Netflix to become their own ISP, Netflix Direct, and say screw you to the ISPs that charge the provider and the subscriber ever increasing fees.</p><p></p><p>Netflix has some great blog articles describing how in all cases, the customer gets screwed.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://blog.netflix.com/2014/03/internet-tolls-and-case-for-strong-net.html" target="_blank">http://blog.netflix.com/2014/03/internet-tolls-and-case-for-strong-net.html</a></p><p><a href="http://blog.netflix.com/2014/04/the-case-against-isp-tolls.html" target="_blank">http://blog.netflix.com/2014/04/the-case-against-isp-tolls.html</a></p><p></p><p>I have relatively good service with AT&T U-verse. It's fast, reliable, but the cost has gone up. I pay roughly $700 a year for internet. I also have a relatively good opinion of the company in that they aren't complete assholes. Comcast and TWC are bottom of the barrel as far as I'm concerned. They increase prices while reducing service.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Drive XR7, post: 14169485, member: 43230"] When broadband providers merge, there is less competition and content providers are charged a premium to send data over the provider links. It's crap because the content provider (ie, Netflix) already pays to upload data to one of many transit providers. Now here comes big bad Comcast and they were able to successfully muscle additional cash from Netflix for access to their subscribers. When and if TWC and Comcast merge, it's only going to get worse. I would love for Netflix to become their own ISP, Netflix Direct, and say screw you to the ISPs that charge the provider and the subscriber ever increasing fees. Netflix has some great blog articles describing how in all cases, the customer gets screwed. [url]http://blog.netflix.com/2014/03/internet-tolls-and-case-for-strong-net.html[/url] [url]http://blog.netflix.com/2014/04/the-case-against-isp-tolls.html[/url] I have relatively good service with AT&T U-verse. It's fast, reliable, but the cost has gone up. I pay roughly $700 a year for internet. I also have a relatively good opinion of the company in that they aren't complete assholes. Comcast and TWC are bottom of the barrel as far as I'm concerned. They increase prices while reducing service. [/QUOTE]
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