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Offline Airbongo (OP)

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The land of freedom! (and throttled internet speeds)
« on: 21 March 2014, 06:09:23 PM »
Thanks to the law americunts recently passed, Verizon and Comcast throttled their user's internet speeds while streaming Netflix. Why did they do this? So they could force Netflix to pay them (Comcast and Verizon) for direct access to their networks, without throttling the speeds. That is some corrupt ass shit (even though it is legal thanks to the retarded law). I bet Hulu is next. This could be solved if Americans protested by switching ISP's but Americans are not famous for leaving their comfort zones :P If you are in the US and you use Verizon or Comcast, you should change to another ISP. Don't put up with this corrupt bullshit. My last ISP here in Mexico would fucking close ports at night and throttle speed, I got fed up and switched to the current ISP I am using now.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/20/technology/netflix-net-neutrality/index.html




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Re: The land of freedom! (and throttled internet speeds)
« Reply #1 on: 21 March 2014, 06:36:24 PM »
Verizon and Comcast own Hulu, which is partially why they are doing this. To fuck over Netflix and Youtube. Pretty evil.

Murica land of the monopoly often has VERY limited options so I've heard, and often no options for alternate ISPs. :( But do your research murekunze, don't support this greed

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Re: The land of freedom! (and throttled internet speeds)
« Reply #2 on: 21 March 2014, 06:37:21 PM »
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Verizon and Comcast own Hulu, which is partially why they are doing this. To fuck over Netflix and Youtube. Pretty evil.
That's even more fucked up.