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In six months FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will be a VP at NBC Universal/Comcast. Not a bribe; just coincidence.
Google, Apple and Netflix just have to bribe harder
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In my experience people seem to be able to use TiVos just fine.
The DVR model is really the way to do it. People know what they want to watch, so you present a catalog of all existing and future content and let people check the box next to the ones they want to watch. Everything downloads during off-peak hours as soon as the content is available and then you always have a list of things you can watch instantly, even if the internet is slow or unavailable.
Are there to be any regulations to prevent ISPs from artificially degrading delivery of low-priority content providers? Prioritizing content is one thing, but artificially withholding or delaying delivery of content is quite another.
TCP/IP works by gradually increasing transmit speed until packets are lost. Making traffic 'faster' for one set of connections is accomplished by dropping packets on others.
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What would it take to get someone who cares about the greater good (not an industry crony) appointed to these key roles?
The system should work like jury duty - much like in ancient greece where they had a system of lots (based on black + white balls) - you get chosen then have to do your best for your alloted time.
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In my experience people seem to be able to use TiVos just fine.
Tivo's annual revenue is 406m, and the company is worth 1.45bn. ( https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3ATIVO ) Respectable? Sure. But not even close to Netflix. Netflix's annual revenue is 4.3 BN (i.e. over 10x higher), and the company is worth 21bn. ( https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3ANFLX ) Why? Sure, a relatively few people will use Tivo, but many more won't. Empirically, the convenience / lack of plan…
I expect the number of people who use DVRs is close to that of premium television subscribers. People who don't are cord-cutters or only receive a low-cost basic package.
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There should be laws against this sort of stuff. Like you can't work for a company in a related domain for 5 years before and after taking the government job. As it is, it just leads to too much corruption.
The flip side is that you won't want someone in said position that doesn't know anything about the industry. Do you want a luddite making technology policy, for example. Not that I'm all for regulatory capture or anything.
No and that's exactly what we have right now.
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What would it take to get someone who cares about the greater good (not an industry crony) appointed to these key roles?
The system should work like jury duty - much like in ancient greece where they had a system of lots (based on black + white balls) - you get chosen then have to do your best for your alloted time.
It's so frustrating to me that this is all based around the stupid legal assumption that we have to stream everything. God forbid your user should download something to watch later, to prevent having to redownload every time you watch it. And then during peak Netflix hours, I just can't use the internet reliably. If anyone knows any source for Libre video works, that I can download and watch with complete freedom, pl…
Streaming is seen, by many content creators, as a way to fight piracy.
Streaming (as a means of protection) is as useless as DRM except they're too stupid to not do that dance for their legal departments. It hurts legal consumers and doesn't punish non-legit consumers. It prevents you from using content you've paid for & used previously when your internet goes down. Not to mention the enormous waste of electricity/bandwidth/environment/people's lifespan. It costs us all.
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In my experience people seem to be able to use TiVos just fine.
Tivo's annual revenue is 406m, and the company is worth 1.45bn. ( https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3ATIVO ) Respectable? Sure. But not even close to Netflix. Netflix's annual revenue is 4.3 BN (i.e. over 10x higher), and the company is worth 21bn. ( https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3ANFLX ) Why? Sure, a relatively few people will use Tivo, but many more won't. Empirically, the convenience / lack of plan…