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Originally Posted by MrWookie
The most likely first step is that Hulu, Netflix, etc. suddenly have poor connections, buffering, and only 480p streaming while Xfinity on demand seems to be working just fine.
I dunno. hulu and netflix are pretty big are affiliated or owned by other hudge conglomerates. I think the isp wont go after them.
I think where this really hurts is if me and my 3 college buddies come up with some super sweet website/app that is super awesome and everyone loves, then the isp can be like, lololol pay us $$$$$. but since we are just getting started, well, we dont have $$$$$.
so we fail and and we lose our money and time and the public at large does not get to benefit from our super awesome app.
or, mebbe we come up with a facebook like app that isnt evil incarnate and we want to get it on the internet. well, obv facebook is not happy at all with that bc they might lose market share or bizness or whatever. now facebook tells the isp, yo, price these mofos out. and facebook can even be like, hey if you price them out then we will give you $$$$$$$$.
and also, while I think the big companies with a lot of pull like netflix wont get messed with, I do think that petty fights may occur, and big companies may go after the little guys too. like, what if espn (or yahoo) fantasy sports goes after footballguys and the isp affiliated with espn throttles footballguys.
I would imagine some big companies would make it a part of their strategy to just go after all the little guys they can find.