Comcast Says Its Xbox TV Streaming Doesn’t Have to Play by Its Own Rules

Here ’s what happens without concrete last neutrality insurance in stead : Comcast ’s imminent TV on demand service for Xbox 360won’t countagainst your monthly datum cap . Which is capital for your information cap ! But an awful , awful precedent .

Ars Technica says Comcast ’s Xfinity streaming powers — which , admittedly , will be pretty expectant if you ’re a cable contributor and own an Xbox — will make zero dent against the 250 gigabytes customers are allotted every month . This makes some sense , as you ’re getting video shows delivered to your Xbox that you ’re already paying for on your television . But by blatantly favoring your own service against rivals — Netflix , Hulu , Amazon , et al.—Comcast is wield an unjust grapple against the rest of the cyberspace . Even if Netflix provides a higher-ranking divine service , hypothetically , Comcast is pushing its customer into using the in - menage stuff to avoid go over the perilous data jacket .

Strangely , streaming Comcast ’s media onto your computer will still depend against your cap , say Ars , which belies its claim that the Xbox exemption is fair , since those television are “ being delivered over our secret IP meshing and not the public Internet . ” Whatever that means . [ Ars Technica ]

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