Wonktonodi said:
sc94597 said:
Wonktonodi said:
sc94597 said:
Basically, ask - if Comcast were not an internet service provider and only a cable company, could they still do this? The answer yes. |
Do any cable companies that don't provide internet block HBO Go? If so I'd be surprised. They would do this at the risk of losing customers.
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Well yeah, I can't disagree that it is a poor buisness decision. And I'm no fan of Comcast (had to write a letter to their collection agency last summer for my roommate and I, and the collection agency dropped it.) We dropped their internet, and now my roommate and I just tether from our phones for everything. It's faster than the basic internet we were getting from comcast anyway (from 3mbps down, 1mbps up to 30 mbps down 3 mbps up, on average.) I just wanted to make it clear that their activities aren't necessary illegal. One might argue an anti-competitive case, but then Comcast will point out hundreds of other companies that do similar stuff (exclusive deals.)
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oh indeed, many of the terrible things they due are outright legal and not even borderline , getting back to why I want them regulated like a utility lol, or in cases of the cable side, the FCC to do a better job defending consumers.
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I'm wary of classifying things as a utility, because like television broadcasting that lends itself to government censorship. I would rather have what we have now than a presumably fairer more equitable internet that is subject to state censorship.
