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Analysis: Comcast's Quest To Kill Cable-Killers

  • Gigaom, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 4:03 PM

At a "flashpoint in the evolution of television," with  battle lines "getting clearer," Comcast is (and has been) working hardest of any  company to kill  the "cable killers," according to Stacey Higginbotham.

She explains seven fairly technical points to back up this thesis, from how Comcast is "implementing data caps" to how it's "prioritizing its own traffic over other traffic at the packet level."

"So there you have it," Higginbotham concludes. "Comcast is ready for the fight with over the top providers and it’s playing to win."

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