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Dynaverse.net => Hawkeye's Roost => Topic started by: stoneyface on February 28, 2011, 04:47:16 pm

Title: =/\= interesting new development in net protection comcast-NBC deal
Post by: stoneyface on February 28, 2011, 04:47:16 pm

so it seems the comcast-NBC deal has accidently helped preserve net neutrality! i am not even kidding. from the article:

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The U.S. Department of Justice has accomplished through its power to disapprove mergers a level of protection for Internet-services customers what the agencies responsible for protecting those customers declined to provide: a tiny concession from a major ISP that it would do something to protect for business and consumer Internet-service customers.

thru the agreement, comcast must agree to provide NBC content to subscribers and cannot restrict netflix bandwidth. it is weird how the world works sometimes.... read the article for full details:
http://www.itworld.com/internet/138431/comcast-nbc-approval-protects-business-internet-accidentally (http://www.itworld.com/internet/138431/comcast-nbc-approval-protects-business-internet-accidentally)