Comments on: Comcast data caps stand in the way of Sony video service http://gigaom.com/2012/05/02/comcast-data-caps-stand-in-the-way-of-sony-video-service/ Tue, 21 May 2013 19:37:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Louis Cabeza http://gigaom.com/2012/05/02/comcast-data-caps-stand-in-the-way-of-sony-video-service/#comment-838294 Thu, 03 May 2012 14:21:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=517011#comment-838294 Hmm, it’s a bit of turnabout, isn’t it? The big media companies were thrilled with horrendous download speeds and data caps in the US when it served their interests (slowing online piracy). Now, theyre finally making baby steps towards updating their business models, and, wahhhh, the cable providers have already started to muscle in on their territory. Crocodile tears all around. The US economy is suffering tremendous productivity losses because of this game of limiting data to squeeze every penny of profit out of tired business models.

]]> By: John http://gigaom.com/2012/05/02/comcast-data-caps-stand-in-the-way-of-sony-video-service/#comment-838133 Wed, 02 May 2012 23:28:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=517011#comment-838133 It’s hard to find an analogy that works, but I’ll try by saying that forcing cable providers to eliminate caps for OTT providers would be akin to forcing cab companies to pay for the gas of buses in their local market.

Cable companies spend millions installing, maintaining and upgrading their networks to provide highspeed Internet and video services to their customers. Perhaps some kind of cost/byte could be determined and the cable companies could in essence become “type-2″ carriers for these types of services but today that doesn’t exist.

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