 
Dogfather
Altitude is your friend
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join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA | And if this doesn't count toward a cap How is this not an antitrust violation? | |
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 | dcurrey
join:2004-06-29 | Re: And if this doesn't count toward a cap Differently anti-competitive.
Yea you can download as much as you want as long as you buy it from us. If not you will more for it anyway. | |
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GoBG
join:2004-02-27
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November 18th, @08:52AM
| Re: And if this doesn't count toward a cap I knew it!
with netflix and the other movie download services on the internet TWC and Comcast made up this fake bandwidth crisis to be anti-competitive. | |
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| jc100
join:2002-04-10
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| Wait... The FIRST THING you think of is anti trust? No, the first thing i thought of is FAILURE. WHO THE HELL is going to pay 17.99 to DOWNLOAD a dvd, not get the box, covers, or a hard copy, and be happy? LOL, this service is DOOMED. If im going to pay the FULL COST for a movie, I want a disc and the inserts to go along with it. Holy hell, who's idiot idea was this service, and if Time Warner has the cash flow to be this stupid and go along with it. | |
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| | dcurrey
join:2004-06-29 | Re: And if this doesn't count toward a cap Guess the $3.99 rental plan isn't bad. $1.99 for tv show seems steep. But I get my movies from blockbuster.com so I won't use this service anyway. Don't do Pay per view either. | |
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Matt
You can't fix stupid
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC |  Bell Canada?
This is definitely anti-competitive and needs to be stopped. | |
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fcisler
Premium
join:2004-06-14
Riverhead, NY
| DRM? Customer: "So can I burn this movie onto a DVD!"
RR: "Of course! WHILE your still downloading 65,000,000 pictures!"
Customer: "When I put it in my DVD player, it says it's not a valid DVD"
RR: "DVD players are a thing of the past. You mean you DON'T want to view it on your 13" screen?"
Yeah.... | |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY | Re: DRM? Roadrunner???? I thought they had declared bankruptcy at one time or another. | |
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swhx7
Premium
join:2006-07-23
Elbonia
·RoadRunner Cable
| Another DRM shop The first page says:
You need Flash Player 9 to view this content. Please click here to install the Adobe Flash 9 Plug-In.
You need Flash Player 9 to view this content. Please click here to install the Adobe Flash 9 Plug-In.
You need Flash Player 9 to view this content. Please click here to install the Adobe Flash 9 Plug-In.
You need Flash Player 9 to view this content. Please click here to install the Adobe Flash 9 Plug-In.
Strike one!
The "About" page says:
When you register with us, we’ll provide a free download of the Road Runner Media Manager, a player that manages downloads and also helps you organize and keep track of your videos. This player is required to view videos.
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If you purchase a video, it’s yours forever ... up to three different Windows computers, so that you can watch it at home, at the office, or wherever you keep your machine.
Strike 2: Windows only!
Strike 3: DRM!
Strike 4: The only way to watch on TV is to run cables from the computer (FAQ page)
Strike 5: Prices are as high as DVDs, but more hassle and probably less quality!
They'rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre OUT!!! | |
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viperpa33s
Why Me?
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join:2002-12-20
Bradenton, FL
·Bright House
| Wait a minute......... Wait a minute.....Isn't a person who streams and downloads movies a heavy user?
The ISP's are contradicting what they have been saying all along. The people who streamed and downloaded movies weren't a heavy user, the ISP's were mad because they weren't getting money from the movies. Now they got there new revenue stream, everything is fine and dandy.
Since the ISP will get the money for the movies, no longer will we have a internet bottleneck. They are not going to limit the movies you can download because they will be getting money from it. If they say they still have a internet bottleneck, then there is real issues.
With the video store, they want you to go over your cap. I could just see people downloading a bunch of movies and getting a $300 internet bill. That $300 is on top of the cable and telephone bill. If that happened I would laugh my butt off.
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“Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the Democrats believe every day is April 15.” Ronald Reagan | |
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nitzan
join:2008-02-27
·Comcast
 ·ViaTalk
| See right through them! They couldn't even wait until the caps were final - they jumped straight in to prove the real reason behind the caps. "Download 30 GB of movies from us, and pay just the movie price - download 30 GB of movies from a competitor and get hit with a $30 overage"
This clearly proves why ISPs should not be allowed to implement caps low enough to interfere with competing video services. Comcast's 250 GB I'd be willing to live with - 5 GB is just insulting.
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Nitzan Kon, CEO
Future Nine Corporation | |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | Re: See right through them! Actually it's a case study in why network access providers (infrastructure) and content providers should be separate entities. | |
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| | Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Pittsburgh, PA | Re: See right through them! Any ISP that institutes a cap should be regulated as a dumb pipe! | |
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| hypersurf1
join:2000-11-22
Hillsborough, NJ | 250 Gigs isnt enough. I have a www.vudu.com box and might hit that this month. Caps suck! | |
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kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY | Time to start the anti-monopoly case against Time Warner... ...because these rotten piece of worms just got out of hand completely - enough from abusing the market, the monopoly laws, the customer rights, everything. | |
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
Premium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
·Cox HSI
 ·AT&T Southwest
| $17.99.... Fail. No thanks. If I needed the movie that badly, I'd buy the DVD.
Just curious, if your HD crashes, Laptop gets stolen, or your house burns down, you think your insurance company will pay you for all your "Paid for Downloaded" movies?
HA. Yeah, right!
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"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
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punker
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Premium
join:2004-06-21
Palmdale, CA
clubs:
·Time Warner Cable
·Time Warner VOIP
·RoadRunner Cable
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November 18th, @04:02PM
| Re: $17.99.... Fail. said by KrK  :No thanks. If I needed the movie that badly, I'd buy the DVD. Just curious, if your HD crashes, Laptop gets stolen, or your house burns down, you think your insurance company will pay you for all your "Paid for Downloaded" movies? HA. Yeah, right! i can rent a hard copy for that same price "3.99"
and copy it if i wanted to | |
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Cyber2lz
join:2001-11-15
Odessa, FL
 ·Verizon FIOS
·RoadRunner Cable
| Right on Punker Netflix is the best thing going.
1. Get three DVD's in the mail.
2. "Watch" all three in under 3 hours.
3. Pop 'em back in the mail the next morning.
4. Two/Three days later get another three DVD's in the mail.
5. Repeat steps 2 and 3.
I really watch the copies movies when I want. | |
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CyberCub
@rr.com
| They did it... Now netflix is possibly being "throttled" by roadrunner / timewarner networks to keep you at the low quality settings for instant viewing via netflix!
Things were just great for me and when I tried yesterday getting just 1 bar on my quality test I thought something was odd with speed test verifying my connection was just fine.
Today I try again and same result! With searching around I found that everyone is now having an issue with netflix and streaming via roadrunner.
If timewarner / roadrunner are indeed purposely restricting the bandwidth of service to make users only use thier service for videos there must be a lawsuit here somewhere?
Like the first comment this is an antitrust against cable customers! | |
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Bright House Pushes Roadrunner Video Store