Put that WhatsApp acquisition in your pipe and smoke it, Zuckerberg.
AT&T to Buy DirecTV for $48.5 Billion
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#22Use this as a perfect example to explain to people why Net Neutrality matters. "What incentive does AT&T have to bring you good streaming experience for Netflix, Hulu, or heck even Youtube when they'd much much MUCH rather you were buying DirecTV from them?"
AT&T - and most major ISPs in the USA - already offer TV service. It's true that these consolidations will only give the big players more power, but the conflict of interest already exists.
And ATT already provides horrible internet service and doesn't care!
Defeatism!
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's really shifting away from TV. As a college student, my friends and I have been completely satisfied with Netflix and the like. I can confidently say that there is nearly a 0% chance I'll be getting cable/directv/whatever when I can just get Netflix/Hulu/etc instead.
Don't most ISPs make it economically infeasible to get internet services without also getting cable TV? Comcast here bundles servies such that internet only is more expensive than internet + cable.
Yep, this is the case here as well. Paying Comcast for TV + internet because it's $15/month cheaper than internet alone. The cable box they sent me is sitting unpacked in the closet.
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#24Do many young people watch TV anymore? It seems like netflix + youtube scratches that itch.
Between YouTube, Twitch.TV (and related, like Azubu, Speedruns, etc), Crunchyroll, and occasional piracy (GoT), I never turn on my TV unless it's the Chromecast the aforementioned content.
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#25Do many young people watch TV anymore? It seems like netflix + youtube scratches that itch.
Are you really questioning whether Game of Thrones is popular? Of course people still watch TV. A lot of them just pirate it.
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#26There's no way this can pass, especially with the Comcast/Time Warner deal still in process. Maybe this will scare regulators into denying both deals.
Why not? AT&T has a fraction of the video subscribers that DirecTV has. They're not a major player at all.
If you really want to avoid AT&T, then Dish still exists as a robust competitor.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't most ISPs make it economically infeasible to get internet services without also getting cable TV? Comcast here bundles servies such that internet only is more expensive than internet + cable.
Yep, this is the case here as well. Paying Comcast for TV + internet because it's $15/month cheaper than internet alone. The cable box they sent me is sitting unpacked in the closet.
What I do is call them and outright refuse to pay more for just internet. I tell them to lower my bill to below that each year my "promotion" expires. They forward me to the "Loyalty" department and somehow find a new promotion for me each time.
Fuckers.
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#28Do many young people watch TV anymore? It seems like netflix + youtube scratches that itch.
Sports. ESPN + NFL Redzone + TNT + Local channels in HD have no good alternative on the internet. If they did I wouldn't pay for TV.
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#29Put that WhatsApp acquisition in your pipe and smoke it, Zuckerberg.
A 30 engineer + 20 support staff company, I still bet they have a higher $/employee ratio.
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#30Do many young people watch TV anymore? It seems like netflix + youtube scratches that itch.
Between YouTube, Twitch.TV (and related, like Azubu, Speedruns, etc), Crunchyroll, and occasional piracy (GoT), I never turn on my TV unless it's the Chromecast the aforementioned content.
This is why they want a tiered internet. They would make a tier specifically for streaming sites, and a discount if you have cable with them.