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braindrainbahrain writes "Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, has a Facebook page in which he posts a short gripe about Comcast. It seems watching video through the Xfinity app on an Xbox does not counting towards your cap on your Comcast data plan. All other services, Netflix included, do. To quote Hastings: 'For example, if I watch last night's SNL episode on my Xbox through the Hulu app, it eats up about one gigabyte of my cap, but if I watch that same episode through the Xfinity Xbox app, it doesn't use up my cap at all. The same device, the same IP address, the same wifi, the same internet connection, but totally different cap treatment. In what way is this neutral?'"The difference, of course, is that you need a Comcast cable TV subscription in order to have the Xfinity app not count toward your monthly data usage allowance. Then again, you can't exactly sign up for a similar plan through Netflix or Hulu.http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (http://twitter.com/home?status=Netflix+CEO+Accuses+Comcast+of+Not+Pra cticing+Net+Neutrality%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fentertainme nt.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F12%2F04%2F16%2F1738221%2 F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter)ht tp://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fentertainment.slashdot.o rg%2Fstory%2F12%2F04%2F16%2F1738221%2Fnetflix-ceo-accuses-comcast-of-not-practicing-net-neutrality%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3D facebook)http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png (http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/12/04/16/1738221/netflix-ceo-accuses-comcast-of-not-practicing-net-neutrality?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=googleplus)

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fergojisan
04-16-2012, 04:15 PM
Gary Shandling

RP2A03
04-16-2012, 06:54 PM
Gary Shandling


You are a blasphemous imposter and should be burned at the stake.

JSoup
04-16-2012, 07:12 PM
Shouldn't this be in off-topic? Or does the mentioning of 'XBox' automatically make it Modern?

fergojisan
04-16-2012, 07:13 PM
You are a blasphemous imposter and should be burned at the stake.

Gary Shandling

RP2A03
04-16-2012, 07:20 PM
May Garry Shandling Almighty have mercy on your poor wretched blasphemous soul.