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Ought to be the "Let's Create a Conflict of Interest" Dept. »
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Pizz
Hi

join:2000-10-27
Astoria, NY

Wow

Going to implement this type of service, while caps are on their horizon. How brolly these companies have become.
lengyelc

join:2005-12-11
Alpharetta, GA

Re: Wow

Maybe AT&T will make this service immune to the bandwidth caps in an effort to drive traffic to these sites, and hence make more money in ad revenue?

Karl Bode
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join:2000-03-02

Re: Wow

I'm sure they'd like to, but I just don't see them getting away with that.

S_engineer

join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
·Comcast

Re: Wow

Not to mention it would undermine their argument for caps.
Seems to me they're going too fast with the Death Star rebuild. They just don't have all of the pieces in place to avoid consumer backlash.
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Karl Bode
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join:2000-03-02

Re: Wow

They need to warm consumers to the idea that metered billing is necessary first. They can use it as an anti-competitive weapon later when HD Internet video really takes off. It's all pre-emptive.

supergirl

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said by S_engineer See Profile :

Not to mention it would undermine their argument for caps.
Seems to me they're going too fast with the Death Star rebuild. They just don't have all of the pieces in place to avoid consumer backlash.
I find your lack of faith disturbing. The Emperor is not pleased with your efforts. He will be coming soon. Double your efforts. I'm not as forgiving as he is. -Darth Vader
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en102
Canadian, eh?

join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
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I'm sure they'll find a way....
They 'could' to this by having the 'content provider' (aka themselves or a contracted company) pay them for the 'right' to deploy their video services. In turn, there would have to be a tracking mechanism to rollback the consumption of data used by their service.
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Canada = Hollywood North

RARPSL

join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY

said by Karl Bode See Profile :

I'm sure they'd like to, but I just don't see them getting away with that.
Any attempt to do this will raise the Network Neutrality Red Flag. In this case, they are giving preferred service to their offering due to not charging Bandwidth Usage to the user's Cap Account (instead of the usual "Pay Us and you will get better QoS" scenario).

S_engineer

join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
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Re: Wow

said by RARPSL See Profile :

said by Karl Bode See Profile :

I'm sure they'd like to, but I just don't see them getting away with that.
Any attempt to do this will raise the Network Neutrality Red Flag. In this case, they are giving preferred service to their offering due to not charging Bandwidth Usage to the user's Cap Account (instead of the usual "Pay Us and you will get better QoS" scenario).
I don't think they care about their appearance, there too many red flags out there now for this one to matter. The same preffered status would cause just as many red flags. These services are fast becoming like insurance companies where all they have to do is advertise their product, not deliver. Cherry pick the clientele, and make the consumer jump through hoops just to use the product. And if they bill you wrong, well you better pay it or like Sprint, they might just dump you as a customer for complaining. God help anyone that actually holds a company to what they advertise!

Ormaybe

@sbcglobal.net

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Or..maybe they know what they are doing,and hope the folks in Reno,NV go over their bandwidth caps so they can pay more $$$$ too AT&T.
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