 IllIlIlllIllEliteDataPremium
join:2003-07-06
Hampton Bays, NY
kudos:7 | Beta on a Samsung Smart TV »redboxinstant.recollective.com/
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WHT
join:2010-03-26
Rosston, TX
kudos:5 | Overages ! Ca ching At $10 per 1 GB, I can see that working very well for Verizon investors. |
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elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA | said by WHT:At $10 per 1 GB, I can see that working very well for Verizon investors.
Nope. Redbox Home Fusion streams will be off-net, toll-free, overage-exempt bulk-rate, forward-cached, etc.
Contrary to the drivel we read here daily, Verizon does not want overage charges; they want you to pay a hefty premium for their basic service and add-ons, but nothing punitive. That's bad for business. |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to WHT
said by WHT:At $10 per 1 GB, I can see that working very well for Verizon investors.
I'm pretty sure you don't need Verizon service to get this. |
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WHT
join:2010-03-26
Rosston, TX
kudos:5 | reply to elray
Ahhh....the same excuse cable used to get around the Net Neutrality restriction.
Guess no one learned anything from the FCC slapping down Madison River. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | Won't have any more content that Netflix $8 for streaming either way. Also I like al the hyperbole Karl says when he mentions "huge" price increases on Netflix. Really my price didn't go up. I still pay $8 a month as always. Karl must have stock in Coinstar or Verizon. |
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Re: Overages ! Ca ching I think they just want money and don't really care how they get it. And despite what a lot of people say about massive profits, their profit margin is really not that impressive. |
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Off-net - You mean in an intertube that violates net neutrality rules?
How are you and they going to try to skirt this one?
Are they going to attach all redbox's to their "local" intranet and call it local traffic?
Are they going to deliver it on the same "channel" as cable TV or PPV and say it isnt internet traffic? |
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 rit56
join:2000-12-01
New York, NY
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Verizon Business Just like their coming pay with your phone credit card service I will never us this service. Verizon screws their customers due mainly to the duolopy and lack of choice. Here I have a choice whether to use Redbox and I will NOT. No discretionary revenue to you Verizon. |
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Re: Won't have any more content that Netflix Your price did not go up because you choose to keep one service or the other, but did not get both.
However, if you decide to keep your service how it was with both streaming and DVD delivery then your price pretty much doubled?
I was not a Netflix customer before, so I may be wrong on this. But it was my understanding that in the beginning you got both services for about the same price as you get one for now. |
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Re: Beta on a Samsung Smart TV I hope they allow this on Xbox360. I use cablecard/W7MC so I don't have any STB. We use redbox already, so if the catalog can be complimentary to Netflix I would go for it. Netflix movies on streaming have pretty much come to an end.
What would be amazing is to stream the catalog of redbox to the device, so I don't have to wait in line at a kiosk. And yes I know that Redbox makes $$ on people not returning the next day, but I would pay double not to get out of my couch  . If it goes to $3-$4 it's a me too service and Amazon/Vudu fites the bill. I have found that Amazon regular def movies are better than DVD and the fam is happy.
Of course that pretty much means I don't need anything but broadcast, but that is for another day. |
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| I am curious how it is Redbox is going to get the streaming rights that Netflix is unable to get and how they are going to get it for a better price than what Netflix can to have a cheaper service.
Redbox is able to provide recent movies now because of either agreements to get the DVD's wholesale or they go retail when dealing with a difficult company and there is no restriction on renting them. That does not give them streaming rights to the movies. Netflix has more customers than Verizon so you would think they could get better movies at a better price.
Anything different tells me that there are some closed door deals going on that trying to disrupt Netflix and bring prices up. |
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Re: Won't have any more content that Netflix It was $10 for both. |
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Re: Overages ! Ca ching Verizon is in the business of maximizing profits. So if Verizon can make more money from customers streaming from Netflix (via $10/GB overage charges) than from streaming from Redbox/Verizon (via a $8-10 monthly fee) then it will prefer the first option. |
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 spewakR.I.P DadkinsPremium
join:2001-08-07
Elk Grove, CA
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Re: Verizon Business said by rit56:Just like their coming pay with your phone credit card service I will never us this service. Verizon screws their customers due mainly to the duolopy and lack of choice. Here I have a choice whether to use Redbox and I will NOT. No discretionary revenue to you Verizon.
Verizon will probably link the low monthly payment if you have Verizon family share plan so as to get you over that cap and stick you with overages.
This whole idea is going to stink to data cap heaven.
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Re: Overages ! Ca ching said by Skippy25:Off-net - You mean in an intertube that violates net neutrality rules?
How are you and they going to try to skirt this one?
Are they going to attach all redbox's to their "local" intranet and call it local traffic?
Are they going to deliver it on the same "channel" as cable TV or PPV and say it isnt internet traffic?
Just like the other companies with iptv and VoIP, that have internet caps. (ex. Uverse)
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Re: Beta on a Samsung Smart TV What you failed to realize is Verizon is not just an ISP, they have connections to the major TV networks through their FiOS TV product. It would not surprise me if they are not using those contacts to assist with this. What I am waiting to see is if Verizon will use this on there FiOS platform to replace there VoD service since it currently is next to impossible to find anything on it. |
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decifal
join:2007-03-10
Bon Aqua, TN
kudos:1 | another Another service i've been out priced from simply because of lack of real broadband options  |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to Skippy25
Re: Won't have any more content that Netflix said by Skippy25:Your price did not go up because you choose to keep one service or the other, but did not get both. Actually I never bothered with the DVD rental. |
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BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to silbaco
said by silbaco:It was $10 for both.
Oh that's right so I got a price REDUCTION since I never used the DVD rental part and only wanted streaming. |
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