aLkaLiNE said:
Glancing through these pages and I'm now under the impression that there's two separate arguments occurring because people aren't quite grasping the issue at hand.
So what I want to know, is this an A or B situation?
A) You are not signed up for HBO through Comcast, who provides your cable. You want to sign up for HBO Go as a standalone service (which is an app you can access through the internet on Smart TVs, smart box tops, consoles, web). Comcast also being your internet provider is not allowing you to access HBOGo by restricting your internet on non approved platforms (in this case PS4) because they want you to sign up for HBo through them as a cable company as opposed to signing up for the standalone HBO service.
Or B) You have HBO on your Comcast cable subscription. You aren't able to use your Comcast login info to access HBO Go on certain platforms (PS4)
I was initially under the impression that this was an A type scenario which would definitely be an issue of net neutrality in my honest opinion.
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It is option B. Comcast isn't on the drop down list of television providers. You have a subscription to Comcast which includes HBO, but you can't use this subscription in the application. You can still download the application and if you had a Verizon, Time Warner, At&T, Cox, etc television provider you can sign in. It is the exact same thing HBO is doing with Apple. You can only watch HBO GO content using their standalone HBO service (no television provider needed) if you have an Apple device.
