Comcast is now competing against content delivery networks (CDNs) such as Akamai with a new service that can improve delivery of video to Comcast subscribers in exchange for payment.
It’s not a “fast lane” but Comcast built a CDN to charge for video delivery
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Apple in Talks With Comcast About Streaming-TV Service
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Apple is in talks with Comcast about teaming up for a streaming-television service that would use an Apple set-top box and get special treatment on Comcast's cables to ensure it bypasses congestion on the Web, people familiar with the matter say. The deal, if sealed, would mark a new level of cooperation and integration between a technology company and a cable provider to modernize TV viewing.
AT&T’s New “Sponsored Data” Scheme is a Tremendous Loss for All of Us
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AT&T’s Sponsored data scheme is actually just a win for AT&T. This plan is a tremendous loss for everyone else.
With “Sponsored Data” AT&T is double dipping. And that’s just dirty
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AT&T, under the guise of “sponsored data,” launched a sneaky attack on innovation.
AT&T’s Sponsored Data is bad for the internet, the economy, and you
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AT&T’s Sponsored Data program is a way for AT&T to levy taxes on companies who can afford to pay. That has huge implications for the free market of the internet.
Want to know if your ISP is capping data? Check GigaOm’s updated chart
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An updated look at how Internet service providers (ISPs) around the US are trying to implement broadband data caps.
AT&T CEO: Data Caps Are About Charging Content Providers
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The quest to determine why data caps really exist may be starting to wind down. Internet service providers (ISPs) have admitted, either explicitly or implicitly, that monthly data caps have nothing to do with network congestion. And, while some have started to portray data caps as legitimate forms of price discrimination, that argument did not hold up to close scrutiny either. So what's left?
Arming Cable Against the Open Internet
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Cable television companies are distressed about how quickly Internet and mobile viewing are stealing customers. Now, technology firms want to sell them ways to offer the personal choice of mobile, while justifying the goodies that come to someone who pays for a subscription.
Cable Industry Draws Scrutiny For Putting Internet Users On A Scale
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The cable industry wants Internet users to go on a diet.