Disney Sets Deal To Acquire Most Of Fox, A Game-Changing Deal That Will Redraw Hollywood Landscape
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I used to work at one of the labs that was connected to it in the 60's with some collages....Very neat seeing where, how, and why it started!
Very sad how many people think Al Gore invented it or even said it......But thats the world we live in, fake news has been around for 25 years or more!
Land lines are dead....and you know it!......Again, no Mom and Pop are goint to dump 10 billion in a startup creating competition....Thats just silly!
Now the new rules the ISPs can creat whatever tiers they want......Give it a year with all kinds of extra charges.....
Oh for crying out load, let's get back on topic. Here's some clarification on what is not included, from Variety magazine.
Here is one more tidbit, the deal also includes a failure penalty. If the FCC kills the merger Disney has to pay Fox a $2.5 billion breakup fee. Makes you wonder if Fox isn't hoping it fails.
Here is one more tidbit, the deal also includes a failure penalty. If the FCC kills the merger Disney has to pay Fox a $2.5 billion breakup fee. Makes you wonder if Fox isn't hoping it fails.
I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, but since the FCC vote, I've noticed Netflix throttling with Verizon when my VPN is turned off. I have the "Beyond Unlimited" plan, with a phone tethered to my PC. I'm getting 25+ mbps, but Netflix is choppy. They aren't supposed to slow my video down in any way with this plan. Been working on adjusting my servers and routers to use a VPN that allows Netflix (there aren't many).
Here's another thought: Does Dish have any contracts with Disney that are up for renewal soon? This could work to Dish's advantage. Dish could say something like "Give us favorable terms, and we pledge not to oppose your merger with Fox." I remember one Charlie Chat, with Charlie complaining about Disney trying to pull something like that with Dish, asking for more money in exchange for not opposing the Echostar/Hughes (Dish and Directv) merger. Payback is a b!tch, ain't it!
I don't know about all the Disney contracts, but the ESPN contract with Dish goes through 2022. ACC Network to debut in era of cost-cutting
Without net neutrality ISP's could decide to throttle VPN traffic, or worse block all VPN traffic entirely.
Same here, but until Consolidated/Fairpoint get off their lazy duffs, I'm stick with 20/1.5 DSL.
You can. You can drive up to 55 on the free highways and 65 to 75 (depending on the state) on the turnpikes, which most always have a toll.
I was thinkin' "information superhighway," but your reference works too. However, here in Kansas, it's 75 everywhere, toll or no toll.
We've only got a couple of toll roads in NC, and the speed limits are the same a the regular freeways, but what I want is a special driver's license which lets me drive 100 everywhere. Alas, all passenger car traffic is subject to the same speed limits.
Maybe in Northern Ohio, but in Southwest Ohio, on I-70 and I-75, it's still 70. My parents live near Columbus.
