![]() ![]() This campaign against this transaction flourishes primarily through shrewd marketing, slogans, and fear mongering. I observe that there is a campaign against this merger with the primary message of “big is bad” and “Comcast is bad” without providing critical substance or analysis. The same technologies that democratize communication can also be manipulated. So the upfront and continuing costs of broadband infrastructure are considerable.Īt the same time as ICT technologies enable expression, they also allow parties to game the regulatory process. At more than 1000 miles, Norway is the longest country in Europe and has one of the harshest climates. Telenor, the largest operator in the country, deployed generation networks across the country along with its proprietary content delivery network (CDN). A particular case was observed in Norway in 2012 with the Netflix launch. I am in process of cataloguing Netflix’s practices in other countries where it uses a number of manipulative tactics to force broadband providers to connect to its content delivery network, to house Netflix servers within their infrastructure, and to avoid paying transit fees. Netflix is astute to use public relations and its dubious speed tests as a means to win public opinion and to pressure policymakers to give into its demands. Netflix as single largest source of traffic on America’s broadband networks has an incentive to game the regulatory process and the Comcast-TWC merger to win favorable conditions for itself. ![]()
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