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Originally Posted by prhom
Here’s a good example that I cannot prove, but is interesting all the same. I have Directv and Century link for internet. Everything works fine streaming on demand content. I move to a new house in 2014 and have to switch to Comcast for internet. Directv on demand streaming no longer works because the connection keeps getting killed by Comcast. I call dtv asking for help, they say talk to your ISP, the dtv equipment is working fine. I talk to Comcast and they say your connection is fine talk to dtv. Their equipment isn’t working.
I am mysteriously unable to use on demand through dtv until early 2015 when it magically starts working again. Is it coincidence that this is around the same time the net neutrality laws came into place? Possibly. If it stops working again in the next few months then I will probably have my answer.
It’s not very hard to believe that, if legally allowed to do so, Comcast would prevent a competitor’s service from being used. I don’t want Comcast tv but my only other option for internet is 1.5Mbps DSL. Internet access should be viewed as a utility and regulated as such. It’s funny to me that net neutrality is billed as anti-free market. It feels the opposite to me and I am a pretty big fan of free markets.
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Bingo, I'm sure Ajit Pai has a job at Comcast already lined up.