RRMAN
Premium
join:2007-04-02
Cleveland, OH | Comcast, Time Warner Plan Broadband TV
Great idea. Can't wait for it to happen. Hopefully it won't count against caps |
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rob316
join:2005-10-17
Carteret, NJ | LOL
So wait now Comcast will offer it's customer's a way to go over their stupid Caps. This company always seems to amaze me. How about upgrade your infrastructure instead of throwing money into a service that already exists. |
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devnuller
join:2006-06-10
Hollis, NH | CAPS
Did someone mention CAPS yet!!!! |
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funchords
Hello
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Washington, DC
 ·Verizon Online DSL
 ·Skype
| Go For It! Embrace the future!
This is the inevitable. Some customers are already ahead -- they've cut the Cable TV out and they're getting all their TV via local OTA broadcast and the Internet.
Cable TV used to be about bringing the OTHER channels -- the ones you can't get locally, and doing so commercial free. Now nearly all of the channels play as many commercials as broadcast TV does and half of their programming schedule is 30 to 60 minute infomercials! (And we foolishly pay more each year as we get less and less of the programming we want.)
Looking beyond this next phase that goes to "subscribers only" of each system, I like the idea of these companies offering Comcast TV or Time Warner TV on the Internet for anyone to subscribe to.
It's only a matter of time until the Internet provider doesn't matter, until I can get the free or subscription services that I want.
This brings the business back to the roots. No longer bounded by "Cable" to a particular geography, these companies can aggregate the entertainment into packages and sell it to consumers for less than if consumers went and got each subscription individually.
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to devnuller
Re: CAPS
Yeah, the thing said theres no word on that yet, but I agree, TWs would be worse at least CC has like 5x the cap. And throttling what about that!?!??! |
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majortom1029
join:2006-10-19
Lindenhurst, NY | hmm
How would this be going over your caps? Most likely you will be using this when not at home. |
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Chuckles
Premium
join:2006-03-04
Saint Paul, MN | Waste of time.
Anyone already watching TV online is most likely doing it as an alternative to paying for cable. People paying for cable are probably not wishing they could watch TV on their laptop instead of their super fancy TV. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | Is this the end of caps?!
Plz say it is. |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
 ·Comcast
| reply to devnuller
Re: CAPS
said by devnuller  :Did someone mention CAPS yet!!!! well, the article certainly didn't.
then again, I'm sure the writer got all his info from the cableco and they're certainly not going to mention it. |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
·Comcast
| reply to Chuckles
Re: Waste of time.
said by Chuckles :Anyone already watching TV online is most likely doing it as an alternative to paying for cable. People paying for cable are probably not wishing they could watch TV on their laptop instead of their super fancy TV. BZZZZZTTT! We have a winner.
I would estimate my potential to take advantage of this wonderful new way to watch cable video as ZERO. |
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MalibuMaxx
join:2007-02-06
Chesterton, IN
·Comcast
| CAPS i need to shut them off
otherwise im considered rude because im yelling...
please people everytime one of these companies are mentioned doesnt mean you have to scream CAPS. its old news that these companies have caps... it doesnt stop me using my service or stream tv or netflix... and no i dont go over my limits...
i still use about the same amt of bandwidth each month... 30-60 GB per month... get over it... speed and tv and caps have nothing to do with what the offer.
TW needs to up their cap though... isnt it 20gb or something... |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD | reply to me1212
Re: Is this the end of caps?!
said by me1212 :Plz say it is. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! you're funny. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| Free?
"According to a report in today's Wall Street Journal, both Time Warner Cable and Comcast are working with broadcasters on plans to deliver their customers TV programming via the Internet at no additional charge"
if all that 'free' tv is going to count against my cap it certainly won't be free. |
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MalibuMaxx
join:2007-02-06
Chesterton, IN
·Comcast
| reply to nasadude
Re: Waste of time.
Id have to disagree with this notion...
Have any of you heard of slingbox? I have... not to mention I have one collecting dust somewhere around here... not really because of not want to stream stuff to my pda and my laptop but rather I just havent set it back up since i moved my computer. (a couple months i bet)
I acually went on my laptop and tried to watch my cable via the slingbox the other day but forgot that it wasent setup... |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
·Comcast
| reply to MalibuMaxx
Re: CAPS i need to shut them off
said by MalibuMaxx :... please people everytime one of these companies are mentioned doesnt mean you have to scream CAPS. its old news that these companies have caps... it doesnt stop me using my service or stream tv or netflix... and no i dont go over my limits... the problem is that every time a "new" use of the network is contemplated, one has to consider how this new use will impact the caps. especially if the use is something bandwidth intensive, like video.
caps are to new and innovative uses of the internet like kryptonite is to superman |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to nasadude
Re: Is this the end of caps?!
Well, how else are they NOT going to break the net neutrality, and still not have their stuff count against caps? |
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rawwhide
Zer0
Premium
join:2000-09-03
Zero
clubs:
·AT&T DSL Service
| reply to MalibuMaxx
Re: CAPS i need to shut them off
said by MalibuMaxx :TW needs to up their cap though... isnt it 20gb or something... It's between 5 and 40 depending on what tier you have.
If you bought the monthly 15 mbps/40 GB transfer option for about $56 a month, you’d get about 40 hours of standard definition video along with enough bandwidth for your normal browsing and surfing habits. That’s just over 75 minutes of SD Internet video every day - two or three shows at best - which means you might need to continue buying the “video connection” in order to watch more television. Sure you can slice and dice the data transfers with other online activities, but this is all about video. »Time Warner Caps: Behind The Numbers
The caps are in response to video competition to traditional video business models. Even AT&T are discussing caps because its vanilla DSL is starting to compete directly with its newly rolled out video service U-verse. What a perfect way to squash growing online content providers.
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HiDesert
join:2008-08-17
1 edit | reply to funchords
Re: Go For It! Embrace the future!
said by funchords : like the idea of these companies offering Comcast TV or Time Warner TV on the Internet for anyone to subscribe to. This brings the business back to the roots. No longer bounded by "Cable" to a particular geography, these companies can aggregate the entertainment into packages and sell it to consumers for less than if consumers went and got each subscription individually. But there has to be a way to bring it to the TV. If it is trapped by viewing on PC with DRM that is too restrictive then it won't fly.
There has to be a viable alternative to P2P downloads EG.... apple removed their restrictive DRM in itunes is one example to compete more effectively. I'm not sure how CC and time are going to build this model. Obviously, they can't offer expanded on demand services since content companies like disney want to continue their extortion through carriage bundling of channels. They probably won't allow any DRM free downloads either so people can liberate those files to be played on set tops or other devices. Consequently, it will probably be another DRM entrenched model that will not fair well. |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD | reply to me1212
Re: Is this the end of caps?!
I agree. I'm just being sarcastic, as I see absolutely no chance they will raise or eliminate caps because of this.
however, I could see them adding a new, more costly tier with higher caps. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
1 edit | A few years ago...
... Comcast was trialing "Comcast Streaming Television"
Word is/was that employees were able to use it and it was supposed to be decent.
Never made it to you or I.
Maybe this will be the new-and-improved version? 
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