The dumbest attack on the Netflix "free ride" you have ever read (arstechnica.com) 92 points by zacharypinter 14y ago ↗ HN
[–] Hates_ 14y ago ↗ Seems the Mercury News piece has now been taken down, although the comments remain.http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_18730079 [–] shaggyfrog 14y ago ↗ I'm not surprised. They should be embarrassed.I pay for my Internet bandwidth. Netflix pays for theirs. So the ISPs need a surcharge for what again? What a bunch of parasites.This shakedown attempt is so transparent it makes SOPA look like the Magna Carta. [–] sirclueless 14y ago ↗ "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."Just sounds to me like some incompetent writer tried to wrangle yet another op-ed out of the Comcast vs. Level 3 lawsuit. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-12-01-comcast01_ST_N.... [–] [deleted] 14y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] jbrackett 14y ago ↗ It is quite an old article. As it says it may be in the archive though I did not check.
[–] shaggyfrog 14y ago ↗ I'm not surprised. They should be embarrassed.I pay for my Internet bandwidth. Netflix pays for theirs. So the ISPs need a surcharge for what again? What a bunch of parasites.This shakedown attempt is so transparent it makes SOPA look like the Magna Carta. [–] sirclueless 14y ago ↗ "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."Just sounds to me like some incompetent writer tried to wrangle yet another op-ed out of the Comcast vs. Level 3 lawsuit. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-12-01-comcast01_ST_N.... [–] [deleted] 14y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] sirclueless 14y ago ↗ "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."Just sounds to me like some incompetent writer tried to wrangle yet another op-ed out of the Comcast vs. Level 3 lawsuit. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-12-01-comcast01_ST_N.... [–] [deleted] 14y ago ↗ (comment deleted)
[–] jbrackett 14y ago ↗ It is quite an old article. As it says it may be in the archive though I did not check.
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I pay for my Internet bandwidth. Netflix pays for theirs. So the ISPs need a surcharge for what again? What a bunch of parasites.
This shakedown attempt is so transparent it makes SOPA look like the Magna Carta.
Just sounds to me like some incompetent writer tried to wrangle yet another op-ed out of the Comcast vs. Level 3 lawsuit. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-12-01-comcast01_ST_N....