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- Al Franken: ‘They’re coming after the Internet’ [Politico] — At SXSW “The real end for Comcast is to put Netflix out of business entirely,” Franken said
- NPD: Netflix handles 61 percent of streamed movies [Digital Trends] — “Cable operator Comcast managed a distant second place with an 8 percent share during” January and Feburary 2011
- Cable’s top lobbyist, McSlarrow, to lead Comcast Washington office [Post Tech: Washington Post]
- Plaxo gives up on social networking, refocuses on address books [Social Beat] — “Comcast-owned Plaxo used to have a straightforward goal: It helped users maintain their address books. Over time, however, the site has wandered into becoming more of a general social networking tool with its Plaxo Pulse service. Now, chief executive Justin Miller told me Plaxo is going back to its address book roots”
- Xfinity TV app enticing but limited [Boston.com] — With video demo
- Comcast Provides Free Calls to Japan [Comcast blog] — Following AT&T, Sprint and Verizon as PBJ reported.
i am with comcast and telecoms because they want to put netflix out of business lets form a group called the anti-netflix we hate netflix and we want it out of business
let’s get togeather and ban netflix from the internet
yes lets ban netflix from the internet and put them out of business that is what they deserve for puting good video stores out of business
I hate to say it, but i think them comments are the craziest comments i ever seen!
Movies now days are actually affordable to watch through netflix no matter were in the usa you are, and comcast is not everywere!
So with them dumb comments you guys are making about teaming up to create a anti netflix group and trying to get netflkix banned are just making yourself looking like fools.
How would you feel if netflix does stop, and you have to start paying late fee’s to stores or complain about not having your friend comcast by your side when you move to some small rural area?
let see, that will mean, having to find extra change so you can go and pay your late fee and bill to some crazy video store, that will add up fast, and if comcast gets its way, that will mean you will have to pay up to 170 or more to even have that stupid comcast on demand stuff because you would need to pay for tv service and the premiums to watch most of anything on there platform.
yeah you can pay for basic but will be stuck with basic crap on the comcast on demand. all the good movies would require the premiums.
and again as i said earlier, if you cant get comcast, your crap out of luck iether way.
So yeah! partner up with comcast and let see how many americans would be after those of you who were wanting netflix gone!
go ahead! kiss comncast butt and be their friend till you find out that your only feeding them what they want and see that yoiu will lose after helping comcast win!
you think comcast will like you after you helped them win?
they could care less about you onced they get what they wanted.
If you become anti netflix, illbe happy to become in partnership with netflix and bring netflix more ratings. and members!
Be my guest! let the war begin! I know ill have more people backing me up. ill probably have alot of comcast subscribers backing me up on it as well! 😀
and yes, my typing looks crappy and words are not spelled correctly., im on a laptop at moment and the keys are close together. lol
Good Riddence netflix