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Originally Posted by MrScott
Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. all compete directly with the cable companies' cable offerings.
Why would they promote a competing product unless they were forced to?
Would Pelican ever show advertisements for a competing parts site?
In markets where there's only 1 choice, TWC (for example) could say "no more netflix for our subscribers" and it wouldn't much affect subscription rates; I won't give up internet access entirely because of one site.
In markets with competing providers they could do it more subtly: slow down Netflix traffic so it's less pleasant to use, or cap bandwidth so usage during peak times is difficult. Would you, as a consumer, know enough to determine the problem was with TWC and not Netflix? Would you schedule a "some time between 8am and 5pm" appointment with FIOS just to find out? Then maybe another when FIOS is even worse? All you'd know is: TWC's movie channels and pay-per-view always work well so it's safest to stick to that.
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as i type this Pelican is showing an add at the top for NAPA auto parts. If ISPs start doing what you have just said they will do, customers will leave in mass quantity. Netflix requires about ~5 Mbps for an HD stream. average download speed in the US is like 24 Mbps. Once again, they will not be throttling netflix. They do not care about netflix.
Maybe this whole net neutrality BS is just a distraction from the real issue of them wanting to keep content off of netflix and itunes entirely.