Comcast/NBC Block Olympic From 'Internet Plus' Customers

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Comcast's Internet Plus customers are now minus the Olympics.

As Roettgers points out, Comcast appears to be annoying the very same customers they were trying to attract with this deal in the first place, hoping to have their cake (pretending to embrace cord cutters) while eating it too (blocking them from accessing content to upsell them to legacy options they don't want). You can find some more complaints over at the official Comcast forums.
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They pulled this crap during the Summer Olympics. I have Blast and I can't see crap. Like I did during the Summer Olympics I changed the DNS servers so I can tap into the CBC and BBC feeds. CBC has everything and real time with no commercials. F**k you Comcast. Suck it.
 
This is why there should be net neutrality.

Wasn't it comcast that said they would never block netflix etc etc etc.

Well in the last month netflix is in SD only during peek times, and now they are blocking other content.

These are perfect examples of why ISPs should not be content providers at least without strict regulations keeping thing separate and available. Especially when Comcast is pretty much my only internet option over 1.5mbps.
 
I'm very tempted to cut off Comcast for this, but my only other alternative is Century Link, and they just flat out suck around here. It's slower service for a higher price. I have 50Mb/10Mb with Comcast at $65/month, but Century Link is 40Mb/896kb max for $70/month. I honestly don't think I could play WoW or STO with that upload speed.
 
dgingeri said:
I'm very tempted to cut off Comcast for this, but my only other alternative is Century Link, and they just flat out suck around here. It's slower service for a higher price. I have 50Mb/10Mb with Comcast at $65/month, but Century Link is 40Mb/896kb max for $70/month. I honestly don't think I could play WoW or STO with that upload speed.
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What you overlook is what you actually get. So what if on paper you get up to 50Mbps from one and 40Mbps from the other. what speeds do you actually get when trying to stream content, when downloading files. you know actually trying to use your service.

The upload does suck there, but you should be able to play games just fine on that. Maybe you could talk to them about turning up that upload speeds for you.
 
My guess this is affecting those who do not have StreamPIX. I noticed I have to pay to watch the replays of the Olympics on ON DEMAND. Screw that. I can find the footage I want on YouTube. Eat THAT COMCAST.
 
dgingeri said:
I'm very tempted to cut off Comcast for this, but my only other alternative is Century Link, and they just flat out suck around here. It's slower service for a higher price. I have 50Mb/10Mb with Comcast at $65/month, but Century Link is 40Mb/896kb max for $70/month. I honestly don't think I could play WoW or STO with that upload speed.
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You can easily play WoW with those upload speeds.
 
Get Unblock Us and watch CBC or BBC feeds as much as you want. The CBC streams and replays are fantastic.
 
"WHAT?! YOU DIDN'T BUY THE TWO HUNDRED DOLLAR A MONTH CABLE PACKAGE?! NO OLYMPICS FOR YOU!!!"

And you wonder why EZTV has so much fucking traffic it kills the website during prime time
 
dgingeri said:
I'm very tempted to cut off Comcast for this, but my only other alternative is Century Link, and they just flat out suck around here. It's slower service for a higher price. I have 50Mb/10Mb with Comcast at $65/month, but Century Link is 40Mb/896kb max for $70/month. I honestly don't think I could play WoW or STO with that upload speed.
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Easily play WOW with that upload.
 
It's not any different than ESPN blocking live content on their WatchESPN app for people that aren't cable customers (like everyone on satellite). I can watch shows that are ESPN3 only, and I can watch replays of most events, but I can't watch anything is live on ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPNU.
 
ShadowSoldier89 said:
yay net neutrality
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Very much this. If they're going to be given oligopoly status they shouldn't be allowed to block traffic they define as unworthy. In a free market, customers could jump ship and competitors would drop these policies to entice customers.
 
we need the government setting more rules within cyberspace.

oh wait.
 
scotedo74 said:
They pulled this crap during the Summer Olympics. I have Blast and I can't see crap. Like I did during the Summer Olympics I changed the DNS servers so I can tap into the CBC and BBC feeds. CBC has everything and real time with no commercials. F**k you Comcast. Suck it.
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Only a DNS change? Google Public DNS or OpenDNS are good ways around that "issue".
 
As an Internet Blast! subscriber what pisses me off more is that, while I have HBO and access to HBO GO, they restrict the devices it can be used on. Phone/Tablet/PC okay, Roku... no way.
 
I have blast and basic cable service, while I can watch the games when their air, I CANNOT watch them on-demand without paying.

Not only that, Comcast has taken their on-demand library for basic customers and only let you watch 4 channels on it without making you pay more.

That and them just putting bandwidth caps in my area wish's I could get a better provider, but AT&T won't cut it sadly.
 
I opted for just internet. The installer told me he had to offer the whole package. I told him I was happy with netflix. Apparently he does the same damn thing. Comcast seems to be pushing the tv package pretty hard now. Been getting offers for the whole deal (if I downgrade my internet) for five bucks a month. I would happily pay that if I didn't know the bill would spike up a few hundred dollars once the promotion ends.

If they can't sell the tv package to their own employees, then they need to straighten out the whole thing. He also said there was absolutely no plan to roll out fiber. Ever. I was bummed.
 
jon666 said:
I opted for just internet. The installer told me he had to offer the whole package. I told him I was happy with netflix. Apparently he does the same damn thing. Comcast seems to be pushing the tv package pretty hard now. Been getting offers for the whole deal (if I downgrade my internet) for five bucks a month. I would happily pay that if I didn't know the bill would spike up a few hundred dollars once the promotion ends.

If they can't sell the tv package to their own employees, then they need to straighten out the whole thing. He also said there was absolutely no plan to roll out fiber. Ever. I was bummed.
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You do know the internet + basic cable is cheaper then just the internet? I dodn't even use the TV part of it but just getting the internet would have been even more expensive (which makes no sense to me).
 
You can play WoW with a 28K modem, if it weren't for latency; and people still did anyway, when it first came out. I put up a bandwidth monitor when I was still playing that thing, and it uses so very little.

Eventually, after I'm long dead, probably, there will be competition amongst the internet providers, and things will be good then because when one tries to pull something like this, the other will say, well, I can get more customers by offering it!

Actually, who am I kidding. There will never be competition for them. They make too much money by not having any.
 
jon666 said:
They don't need to sell it to us, we get it for free. As for Fiber, there's no real need, we can do 100mb already, and they're testing 300 in markets. We don't have the bandwidth limitations the Telco's do.

And Centurylink won't push you over 896k up anymore (on Copper). Theoretically they can do 1024, I provisioned it for myself when they weren't offering. A buddy of mine that runs one of their CO's had to get Comcast because even he couldn't get more than 896k up.
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