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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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