RadioDoc
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Re: Comcast hates competition!
It's video over IP which is not sent until you 'order' it via the remote, which is the same as VoD. The only difference is that it picks up live program feeds instead of recorded feeds. It has more in common with SDV than traditional digital cable.
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LeftOfSanity
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Felton, DE
| said by RadioDoc  :It's video over IP which is not sent until you 'order' it via the remote, which is the same as VoD. The only difference is that it picks up live program feeds instead of recorded feeds. It has more in common with SDV than traditional digital cable. Wow.
And that makes a difference? Its still TV service. VoD is content stored on servers, not a live feed. Hence = TV. But even if it was, So? |
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RadioDoc
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join:2000-05-11 | In the context of the FCC rules, there is a difference. By your definition, YouTube is cable if you watch it on your TV. So would be anything via Apple TV.
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anonomous
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| Why does the FCC have all those stupid technicalities? What is it, for the bells to be able to get around obstacles cable can't(thanks to FCC chairman Martin  ). I'm no cable fan boy(I think FIOS is a great service overall), but Martin has an extreme bias and it isn't right. |
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RadioDoc
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2 edits | What technicalities are you complaining of? These rules were written before Martin was on the FCC and came via directives from Congress. The Communications Act is not an FCC document...they are tasked with implementing it.
Cable is the one who fought to have their non-video services classified as "information services" not subject to common carrier regulation. The rest of this stems from that.
Don't believe everything you read on company websites.
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BSD24
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said by UofMiamiGrad :Do any of the bells offer TV service to 30% of the US market? I doubt it, excluding bundled satellite service. FIOS TV only passed the 1 million mark recently. U-Verse TV is nowhere near that, only 231,000 subs. So why is Comcast crying foul over the Bells? Afraid of competition? How do they control more than 30% of the market solely as a pay TV provider, which is the issue? I hope Comcast loses in court.  UofMiamiGrad,
Verizon Fios was given the ok to have no-cap on the market. So basicly the FCC believes that Telephone Companys (TELCOS) should be able to provide cable services to as many people as they want anywhere with no cap. But if Comcast wants to do that, since they are Cable Operator and not Telco, they have to obide by the 30% cap. MAKES NO SENSE - WE NEED TO FIRE THE FCC! Comcast will and should win in court!~!
That is why Comcast is sueing them. TWC and Charter are both on the side of Comcast just as Cable Industry in general is. Verizon doesn't even want there to be local-franchise control restrictions for them, They say because they are Telco, they shouldn't have to obide by franchise laws, and be able to offer tv services to anyone, state by state (state-wide approval). |
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