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Re:AT&T Exec Calls Netflix’s Reed Hastings “Arrogant” For Ne... by jmvoodoo on Friday March 21, 2014 @08:00PM (#7445840)
If Netflix really wanted to turn this around on AT&T, they would just have different prices based on how much each provider extorted from them. Comcast customers would pay more for Netflix than Cablevision customers. Netflix would pay the tax, then pass the cost onto the customer, but not onto each customer equally. It would then publish this data for all to see.
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Re:AT&T Exec Calls Netflix’s Reed Hastings “Arrogant” For Ne... by pixelcort on Friday March 21, 2014 @08:03PM (#7445866)
Haha this is an awesome last resort. I genuinely hope Net Neutrality wins, but if it doesn't this is a way to re-level the playing field.
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Re:AT&T Exec Calls Netflix’s Reed Hastings “Arrogant” For Ne... by xur17 on Friday March 21, 2014 @10:27PM (#7446938)
This would definitely be interesting, but it would work a lot better if most people had more than one or two internet choices.
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Re:AT&T Exec Calls Netflix’s Reed Hastings “Arrogant” For Ne... by loqi on Friday March 21, 2014 @08:44PM (#7446202)
I've been told that credit card companies simply forbid this sort of thing as part of their contractual agreements with merchants. Comcast appears to have similar leverage, so I imagine they would do likewise.
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