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Re: UM, WAIT, NO! In short, Comcast is not allowed to keep access to THEIR value-added services confined to THEIR customers? (It's a service offered online with a *gatekeeper*; ESPN360.com operates the same way.)
However, in the case of TV Everywhere, the potential for abuse is rampant (I can think of three ways such a gatekeeper can be spoofed, and entirely with client-side software), and the content providers will NOT permit such a service to go forward unless such spoofing can be detected and defeated as quickly as possible. | |
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 ·Frontier FiOS
| said by PGHammer:In short, Comcast is not allowed to keep access to THEIR value-added services confined to THEIR customers? (It's a service offered online with a *gatekeeper*; ESPN360.com operates the same way.) I didn't say that. It was only ever planned that THEIR customers should be able to access the content. While it would be cool if they allowed non-cable customers to subscribe to it, more like an IPTV service, I never presumed that was going to happen. My point is that as it is now, what good is a service that is tied to a Comcast cable modem on a comcast network? If you are close enough to a cable modem and outlet, you are close enough to just run a piece of coax too. Yeah I suppose if you don't have a TV in your [den|bedroom|kitchen] you could take a laptop and "watch TV" on it. But that's not really "TV everywhere". It's "TV in or very near your home".
However, in the case of TV Everywhere, the potential for abuse is rampant (I can think of three ways such a gatekeeper can be spoofed, and entirely with client-side software), and the content providers will NOT permit such a service to go forward unless such spoofing can be detected and defeated as quickly as possible. If they must guarantee that it can't be spoofed, retransmitted, etc then they might as well quit now because any such guarantee is worthless. Never underestimate the capabilities of people with enough determination. | |
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