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Re:We are throttling the FCC to dialup modem speeds until th... by falcor84 on Thursday May 08, 2014 @02:25PM (#7716821)
Just to nitpick, netflix have somewhat more than a single self-produced show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_original_programs_dist...
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Re:We are throttling the FCC to dialup modem speeds until th... by mikeash on Thursday May 08, 2014 @03:02PM (#7717008)
Wow, I (clearly) had no idea there were so many. I put a question mark on that because I wasn't sure, but I thought maybe it would be two or three....

Anyway, sounds like they're off to a good start, but I imagine it's still not enough to give them decent leverage. Maybe a few more years of this and they'll be in a more HBO-like negotiating position, though.

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