Back to reality.Verizon and Comcast run businesses and have a fiduciary obligation to earn a profit and maximize gains for their shareholders. Not responding to your post.just looking at things from "the other side" since so many folks are wanting something for nothing and feel that Verizon and Comcast runs charities and should dole out their infrastructures without compensation. Sorry to "hijack" the thread to radio, but its an example of what is looming in the world of cable! It's already happening to us! Not many programs are available in privately-run syndication anymore! And, watch radio in the next few 's going to be a FIGHT over information and entertainment sources and formats. ![]() Or, is that they are "bought into".hmmmmĬable subscribers to what will be the "biggie" should definitely be at least concerned, if not scared. Our legislators seem to buy-in to the theory that big business is better. "Bigger is Better and Okay" is becoming dangerous, and it's a serious issue, not a "sky is falling" situation, either. Think of it! Your "big cable company of America' doesn't want you to see a certain side of news! They're big enough to bully the programming suppliers and not carry what they dislike, or carry ONLY WHAT THEY DO! How about emergencies? ONE BIG COMPANY gets damaged at a major backbone (or attacked somehow) and goes "down." It takes out MORE subscribers that NEED information (in that particular emergency) than when there our country had more companies vying for your business. This is very dangerous to radio, just as merging two (very) large cable companies is dangerous to subscribers. So, Network news, Features, Opinions you hear on the radio can be controlled as to location, market, and how and when they're heard by TWO large companies. I know! One of my stations was told, "NO, you may not keep updates from Yahoo Sports Radio (formerly Sporting News Radio-bought up by the bigger conglomerate) because they don't think we're worthy of carrying their updates (only) anymore, after being an affiliate for 5 years there, and about the same amount of time here. Then, there's Townsquare which bought Cumulus which owned Dial Global, (now back to being called Westwood One) a distributor of other very well known audio networks like CBS, NBC, and features like the Osgood Files and MUCH, much more.Įssentially we have TWO pipes of information to local (radio) affiliates, and choice is being choked. Premier Satellite Networks is a subsidiary of Clear Channel, the nation's bloated "giant" (radio) company that doesn't want to be called "radio" anymore, but they control WHO can have what THEY distribute through THEIR mainly-satellite platform. Now, take it one step farther, by using a different "media distribution" example.ĭo you listen to local radio? Think your local station is completely "independent?" Guess again! There are TWO major pipelines for most any of the syndicated shows and features out there. We live in a country run by legislators who think "bigger is better" and have, on their committees approved things that should have been left alone! If Verizon plans to throttle all streaming video, that would be different, but that’s not what’s happening.The flow of "general information" (and I'll lump-in entertainment services) into people's homes is definitely in danger. ![]() Specifically throttling the data speeds of Netflix or YouTube is simply not allowed, but that’s exactly what Verizon is doing. This may have just been a test, but it signals that Verizon is considering going back on that promise.įurthermore, as The Verge points out, this appears to be a clear violation of net neutrality rules, which require common carriers like Verizon to treat all traffic equally. Verizon was clearly testing a data cap, limiting users to 10Mbps when streaming video on Netflix and possibly on YouTube as well.Īs we explained previously, 1080p HD video can stream smoothly at these speeds, but as Ars Technica notes, Verizon made a big show of the fact that it doesn’t “manipulate the data” like T-Mobile does. ![]() The customer video experience was not affected.”Īs innocent as that statement sounds, it doesn’t reflect what Verizon customers were experienced when they tested their data speeds on Netflix’s speed test tool. “We’ve been doing network testing over the past few days to optimize the performance of video applications on our network. Here’s the statement that the two publications received on Friday regarding the data throttling:
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