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from the so-much-for-fighting-the-good-fight dept.
c0lo writes:
"Many news outlets announced that Netflix agreed to pay Comcast for smoother network access.
The deal, which has been nearly a year in the making, would give Netflix direct access to Comcast's high-speed network, the two companies confirmed Sunday.
Under this new deal, Netflix will access Comcast's network directly or, almost directly, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news this afternoon. 'Under the deal, Netflix won't be able to place its servers inside Comcast's data centers, which Netflix had wanted,' the paper explains. 'Instead, Comcast will connect to Netflix's servers at data centers operated by other companies.'
The agreement is a surprise because Netflix could have used the issue as leverage while Comcast attempts to acquire Time Warner Cable Inc., an industry researcher said. 'I would have thought Netflix would have held out with the Time Warner Cable deal looming,' Craig Moffett, founder of research firm MoffettNathanson LLC, said in an interview. 'Netflix can ask for whatever it wants and has a reasonable shot at getting conditions put on the merger that could provide it with long-term benefit. On the other hand, that could be precisely what spurred this deal that Comcast was willing to settle with Netflix for a relatively low price to make the Netflix problem go away ahead of the regulatory review.'"
(Score: 2, Insightful) by r00t on Tuesday February 25 2014, @03:41PM
RE: I will cancel my Netflix subscription and let them know why.
Slow down cowboy. Consider that Netflix is on the ropes here. They are basically being extorted into paying whatever the evil trifecta Verizon/Comcast/TWC wants. You have already paid for the bandwidth you are using and said trifecta should not say HOW you use it. EULA fine print or not. It's wrong and Netflix should point out the double-dipping.
If Netflix fails, the choices for movie streaming will look like a 300 channel Cable TV subscription. All shit. All infomercials. All at a premium price. It may be wise to at least give Netflix the $8/mo for a little while longer to see where they go with all this. They are far less douche than the evil trifecta.
(Score: 1) by quadrox on Tuesday February 25 2014, @07:03PM
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
The only little bit of power I have is to vote with my wallet. I must send a clear and strong message immediately when somebody does something wrong, if I wait to long it will be too late to change anything. The same goes for Netflix.
This battle cannot be won another day, every inch lost will be ten times harder to get back once it is established business practice. We must all draw a line in the sand and we certainly must do it now.
I this fight, as with many other issues like DRM, you are either with "us" or you are part of the problem. There IS no middle way, and the sooner you realise that, the better.