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Topic: Netflix refuses to comply with Verizon’s “cease and desist” demands (Read 2157 times)

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Broadband providers are the biggest bunch of entitled *!@#$!$s that exist in the US.  Always under-providing and then wanting to shakedown content providers that their customers are already paying for.  (To the content provider and to the bandwidth provider.)

Scummy broadband providers + corrupt US political system = Situation where we're behind other countries in broadband capability.

Go get them Netflix.  At least the customers of Netflix like the company.  Not sure how much that can be said for broadband/cellphone providers.
sr. member
Activity: 434
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Cancel your subscriptions to comcast and verizon, even if just for one month. Spread the word. WE have the power over them.  Take it.  
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7252618

my lord, you expect me to live for 1 month without the internets? if i were a heroin addict, i would rather give that up.
Your other option is to lose it forever.... if you really cant manage tether to your mobile for a month.

200 mb is not enough to last me for even a day. besides, i can't make everyone else in my house sacrifice for something that i believe in.
legendary
Activity: 3318
Merit: 2008
First Exclusion Ever
Cancel your subscriptions to comcast and verizon, even if just for one month. Spread the word. WE have the power over them.  Take it.  
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7252618

my lord, you expect me to live for 1 month without the internets? if i were a heroin addict, i would rather give that up.
Your other option is to lose it forever.... if you really cant manage tether to your mobile for a month.
sr. member
Activity: 434
Merit: 250
Cancel your subscriptions to comcast and verizon, even if just for one month. Spread the word. WE have the power over them.  Take it.  
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7252618

my lord, you expect me to live for 1 month without the internets? if i were a heroin addict, i would rather give that up.
legendary
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Let's hope this project can be implemented everywhere soon :

http://www.google.com/loon/ Smiley Smiley Smiley Smiley
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Professional anarchist
Other than live sports and international news, I hardly watch TV nowadays.  Grin And I watch sports on TV just because in my area the HD live stream is not readily available. Cable TV is a bit cheaper here, but why pay for it when we almost never watch it?

I don't own a TV. Very happy about that Smiley
legendary
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yeah forgot about that.. they want to force us to pay for cable tv. that's the common trend. people are cancelling their tv subscriptions and just using their internet for watching tv.. which means they can only steal $60 out of your pocket instead of $120, and to make matters worse, it puts more strain on their speeds.

Other than live sports and international news, I hardly watch TV nowadays.  Grin And I watch sports on TV just because in my area the HD live stream is not readily available. Cable TV is a bit cheaper here, but why pay for it when we almost never watch it?
legendary
Activity: 3318
Merit: 2008
First Exclusion Ever
Cancel your subscriptions to comcast and verizon, even if just for one month. Spread the word. WE have the power over them.  Take it. 
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7252618
sr. member
Activity: 434
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Cut the cable LONG time ago, Netflix, Amazon prime and alluc.tv everything I want to watch when I want to watch it.

i don't know what that has to do with this topic. it's not about cable tv. it's about high speed internet, and how verizon is playing fascism with netflix.

I think he is referring to the general trend of moving away from large providers. Verizon also provides television FIOS so in a sense they could be thought of as a cable company.  

I was referring to the trend, Roadrunner is common where I live aka time warner. Think they want me watching netflix or the 60$ dollar a month cable they offer?

i pay $55 a month for TWC as well.. i really hate them, but att uverse is my only other option, and they are terrible as well.

Cut the cable LONG time ago, Netflix, Amazon prime and alluc.tv everything I want to watch when I want to watch it.

i don't know what that has to do with this topic. it's not about cable tv. it's about high speed internet, and how verizon is playing fascism with netflix.

I think he is referring to the general trend of moving away from large providers. Verizon also provides television FIOS so in a sense they could be thought of as a cable company. 

I was referring to the trend, Roadrunner is common where I live aka time warner. Think they want me watching netflix or the 60$ dollar a month cable they offer?

Exactly. This is one of the reasons they want to restrict bandwidth usage. It was never about slowing the network down for other users.

yeah forgot about that.. they want to force us to pay for cable tv. that's the common trend. people are cancelling their tv subscriptions and just using their internet for watching tv.. which means they can only steal $60 out of your pocket instead of $120, and to make matters worse, it puts more strain on their speeds.
sr. member
Activity: 406
Merit: 250
Cut the cable LONG time ago, Netflix, Amazon prime and alluc.tv everything I want to watch when I want to watch it.

i don't know what that has to do with this topic. it's not about cable tv. it's about high speed internet, and how verizon is playing fascism with netflix.

I think he is referring to the general trend of moving away from large providers. Verizon also provides television FIOS so in a sense they could be thought of as a cable company. 

I was referring to the trend, Roadrunner is common where I live aka time warner. Think they want me watching netflix or the 60$ dollar a month cable they offer?

Exactly. This is one of the reasons they want to restrict bandwidth usage. It was never about slowing the network down for other users.
full member
Activity: 224
Merit: 100
Cut the cable LONG time ago, Netflix, Amazon prime and alluc.tv everything I want to watch when I want to watch it.

i don't know what that has to do with this topic. it's not about cable tv. it's about high speed internet, and how verizon is playing fascism with netflix.

I think he is referring to the general trend of moving away from large providers. Verizon also provides television FIOS so in a sense they could be thought of as a cable company. 

I was referring to the trend, Roadrunner is common where I live aka time warner. Think they want me watching netflix or the 60$ dollar a month cable they offer?
sr. member
Activity: 406
Merit: 250
Cut the cable LONG time ago, Netflix, Amazon prime and alluc.tv everything I want to watch when I want to watch it.

i don't know what that has to do with this topic. it's not about cable tv. it's about high speed internet, and how verizon is playing fascism with netflix.

I think he is referring to the general trend of moving away from large providers. Verizon also provides television FIOS so in a sense they could be thought of as a cable company. 
sr. member
Activity: 434
Merit: 250
Cut the cable LONG time ago, Netflix, Amazon prime and alluc.tv everything I want to watch when I want to watch it.

i don't know what that has to do with this topic. it's not about cable tv. it's about high speed internet, and how verizon is playing fascism with netflix.
full member
Activity: 224
Merit: 100
Cut the cable LONG time ago, Netflix, Amazon prime and alluc.tv everything I want to watch when I want to watch it.
sr. member
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Merit: 250
Of course Verizon won't sue. Any lawsuit opens them up to providing real network traffic data during discovery, and when it turns out they are at anything BUT capacity, the PR shit will hit the fan. Deservedly so.
full member
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Always knew Verizon is bad. What is the point of denying it when people already know how bad it is?

full member
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.... Our Fing criminal POS scum Fing gov adding more laws for big corps and attacking the web.. They should all b fing hung. no no, flayed alive, yes that's a much better idea.  These POS need to pay with the pain they have inflicted on others... flayed alive while being kept alive on life support yes that should do.

I like how you do business Smiley
legendary
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.... Our Fing criminal POS scum Fing gov adding more laws for big corps and attacking the web.. They should all b fing hung. no no, flayed alive, yes that's a much better idea.  These POS need to pay with the pain they have inflicted on others... flayed alive while being kept alive on life support yes that should do.
full member
Activity: 168
Merit: 100
Netflix must announce that their services will no longer be available to the Verizon subscribers. Let's see out of the two, who the customers will chose. BTW... the choice is pretty simple for me, and it is not Verizon.

Time has come to dump Verizon.  Grin

Verizon sucks ass. Google Fiber all the way!!
sr. member
Activity: 434
Merit: 250
Netflix must announce that their services will no longer be available to the Verizon subscribers. Let's see out of the two, who the customers will chose. BTW... the choice is pretty simple for me, and it is not Verizon.

Time has come to dump Verizon.  Grin

dump verizon, and your only other choice is not really a good one either. verizon would end up winning that kind of battle imo.. in order to use netflix, you need the internet. in order to use the internet, you do not need netflix.
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