U.S. Probes Cable for Limits on Net Video - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

Wayne · 2012-06-12, 11:14 PM

From the Wall Street Journal:

Quote:

The Justice Department is conducting a wide-ranging antitrust investigation into whether cable companies are acting improperly to quash nascent competition from online video, according to people familiar with the matter.

Justice Department officials have spoken to several online video providers, including Netflix and Hulu LLC, those people said. Investigators have also questioned Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc. and other cable companies about issues such as setting data caps, limits to the amount of data a subscriber can download each month, these people said.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...LEFTTopStories

Too bad the CRTC doesn't have the cojones to do the same...

rmchahn · 2012-06-13, 09:17 AM

CRTC appears to make decisions which are in the best interest of the ISPs and BDUs (all the same entities) instead of the average consumer.

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2012-06-13, 09:17 AM	#2
rmchahn Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: OTtAwa (Byward Market); Sony Bravia KDL46SL140; Mini State HDMS9100 Posts: 225	CRTC appears to make decisions which are in the best interest of the ISPs and BDUs (all the same entities) instead of the average consumer.