[mythtv-users] [Mostly OT] Comcast/net neutrality ruling - NY Times Online

[Ross Campbell]

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:36 AM, Tom Dexter <digitalaudiorock at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>> On Tuesday 06 April 2010 01:59:26 pm Mark Knecht wrote:
>>> Members of Congress have expressed concern that the acquisition could
>>> give Comcast the power to favor the content of its own cable and
>>> broadcast channels over those of competitors, something that Comcast
>>> has said it does not intend to do. Now, members of Congress could also
>>> fret that Comcast will also block or slow down customers’ access to
>>> the Web sites of competing television and telecommunications
>>> companies.
>>
>> Saying you "do not intend" to do something is not the same as saying you will
>> not do it.
>>
>> I'm certain that if it would garner them a penny of additional profit (or even
>> if they just thought it might), they would do it in a micro-second.

Funny... It seems that Comcast/Xfinity dropped half my clear QAM
channels a little over one microsecond after they won this judgement.

Anyone else notice this?

Maybe its not the FCC, but SOMEONE needs to get on Comcast for making
every single ATSC tuner in every TV and other device good for little
more than OTA signal.

Tempted to drop Comcast altogether and switch to MythTV/OTA recordings
and Hulu... that is until XfiniHuluCast-ondemand is no longer free and
no longer runs in a web browser.


-Ross