| ESPN360 It should also be added that ESPN360 is offered by ESPN FREE to all colleges (any .edu IP address in the US). So why should private ISPs have to pay for something that ESPN is giving away to others?
The model should be to run ads (just like TV) through the service. I'm fortunate to have ESPN360 from my ISP, but during all commercial breaks, it just shows non-stop ESPN promos. Trade that for ads and make it available to everyone!! |
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| ESPN360: Boycott and possible class action lawsuit What's especially ironic is that since I operate in a college town, the local university is my competitor. (They have, in fact, tried to prevent me from offering wireless service to students in their apartments -- even some older apartments which are not equipped for broadband.) So, ESPN360 is giving service to my competitor for free but trying to charge me for it. This certainly qualifies as an unfair business practice, and their message urging customers to switch does constitute tortious interference with contract. (For a definition of this term, see the Wikipedia entry at »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortious_interference.) |
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