Comcast has made a new enemy it would seem and that enemy would be named Netflix. It looks the CEO of Netfilx Reed Hastings need to vent to all of his Facebook. Saying that Comcast is breaking net neutrality and caps and he is sounding off to the people. This comes directly from his facebook post. ?omcast no longer following net neutrality principles.
“Comcast should apply caps equally, or not at all.
I spent the weekend enjoying four good internet video apps on my Xbox: Netflix, HBO GO, Xfinity, and Hulu.
When I watch video on my Xbox from three of these four apps, it counts against my Comcast internet cap. When I watch through Comcast?s Xfinity app, however, it does not count against my Comcast internet cap.
For example, if I watch last night?s SNL episode on my Xbox through the Hulu app, it eats up about one gigabyte of my cap, but if I watch that same episode through the Xfinity Xbox app, it doesn?t use up my cap at all.
The same device, the same IP address, the same wifi, the same internet connection, but totally different cap treatment.
In what way is this neutral??
So the idea here is if you watch Netflix, HBO Go, or even Hulu on your Xbox 360 it will count against the Comcast broadband cap for its customers. The interesting thing to note here is that if you use the Comcast Xfinity app it will not use the cap. Which means if you are worried about your broadband limits you would just need to use the streaming service of the Xfinity app which gives it a major advantage over the services such as Hulu and Netflix. This is interesting because if you watch let?s say Game of Thrones thru HBO Go, it will count against your cap if you watch Game of Thrones thru the Xfinity service then we have no cap usage. What are your thoughts? Do you think this is fair? Should this be regulated?