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[ NNSquad ] Netflix Petitions FCC to Block Comcast Time Warner Cable Merger
Netflix Petitions FCC to Block Comcast Time Warner Cable Merger
(Wired): http://www.wired.com/2014/08/netflix-petition-fcc/
On Tuesday, the company filed a Petition to Deny document to the FCC,
asking the government body to block the merger between Comcast and
Time Warner Cable, two of the country's largest internet service
providers. It's the first official appeal of its kind by Netflix, and
yet, the lengthy 256-page petition echoes sentiments that Netflix CEO
Reed Hastings has been extremely outspoken about since news of a
potential merger first broke. It states that such a merger "would set
up an ecosystem that calls into question what we to date have taken
for granted: that a consumer who pays for connectivity to the Internet
will be able to get the content she requests." Netflix's fear, shared
by much of the internet community, is that if the two companies were
to merge they would have unprecedented power to charge companies like
Netflix more for faster service.
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