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When the new rules pass, you will see ISPs, Exede included no doubt, partner with some streaming providers and search providers. Here is what it will potentially look like:
Say Exede partners with Netflix and Yahoo. Better hope you like both services because other comparable services can be made to work like crap. Yea, try to stream your Prime now suckers.
Worst move made in a long time by any government agency, and that’s saying a lot.
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@Jim16 If Viasat is following the law so also must Hughes. No way out man, we're screwed!
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We all know what happened when the government got involved with health insurance. I don't want the cost of internet access to double because of some stupid law.
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I’m not against company partnerships. I’m not against synergies. I’m against the Mets, Patriots, and Celtics. Most especially the Duke Blue Devils.
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I want city folk to pay for my access.
Well at least we know what you mean by an open and free internet so you're not really talking about freedom above ;)
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Aren't you the same guy who wants to give up his privacy so that Viasat can provide hime with a detailed usage accounting???
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City folk need food to eat right? Country folk could just raise prices to pay for our own internet infrastructure I suppose lol.
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Charging more to fund your own services is always an option regardless of wether you live in the country or city.
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Anyone who thinks we have choices or freedoms other than above don’t understand Hughesnet is not a choice and the Patriot Act.
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Why are you so quick to discard it simply because a lack of privacy has now become the status quo? As you said elsewhere, freedom isn't free - is a fundamental personal freedom, privacy, no longer worth the cost of its defense?
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I thought about living off the grid, but it’s not worth the effort. I like shopping online too much :).
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Yep, off grid means OFFLINE too.I fail to see why that would be the case. After all, for ViaSat (Exede) internet, all you need is electricity and you can have that even if you're off grid, as for example with solar and battery storage.
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Yep, off grid means OFFLINE too.I fail to see why that would be the case. After all, for ViaSat (Exede) internet, all you need is electricity and you can have that even if you're off grid, as for example with solar and battery storage.
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But on a serious note, this is a hot topic and it's VERY easy to turn it into a political argument so since my answers and my fellow coworkers answers can be seen as a statement by the company we have to take careful and measured responses when addressing this topic (but feel free to converse with each other by all means). As a company we do not have a public stance on Net Neutrality and we will comply with all laws including those in place today.
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As a responsible company, I would EXPECT Viasat to comply with the letter of the law. The complaints need to be taken up with their congresspersons. As far as I am concerned, the Federal government has no business regulating the internet.
I would just like to remind people that when they go on line, there should be no expectation of privacy. If this is a concern, they should take measures to minimize their exposure.
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I think most users missed the point of Net Neutrality.
Many thought this would mandate that ISP's such as ViaSat would have to do away with data caps and throttling.
It does prevent backbone carriers from charging a "tariff" to carry a certain type of traffic over their section of the Net that could have/ would have been passed unto the consumer.
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There's a key statement In that document, which is "the freedom to access lawful content." That is NOT being removed by this proposed FCC order. Further, the 1996 telecommunications act also supports "the freedom to access lawful content."
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Those of us that are on older plans such as Classic and Liberty are not forced to have throttled video. We have the option to turn off/on video throttling and Exede/Viasat told us that as soon as the option became available.
Call it what you want, but it is not dishonest at all.
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I originally had the ability to stream 1080 with Verizon. One day they decided 720 was good enough for tablets and 480 for phones.
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Old Labs (VS1-329-L12FZ)
https://openconnect.netflix.com/en/
I wouild assume this allows Viasat to better control the Netflix user experience for its subscribers and probably also explains how some of the video "optimization" is implemented and Netflix videos are "detected". Peering relationships are quickly becoming the norm - content providers need to adapt or die. In some cases at least, the are pro-consumer and beneficial.
Just my observations while trying to determine how video streams are "optimized" both on unlimited and Video Data Extender.
P.S. Regarding the original poster's question, the standar answer is a non-answer: