{"id":44045,"date":"2014-08-01T09:57:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T15:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/01\/as-american-as-baseball-and-net-neutrality.html"},"modified":"2014-08-03T16:48:07","modified_gmt":"2014-08-03T22:48:07","slug":"as-american-as-baseball-and-net-neutrality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/01\/as-american-as-baseball-and-net-neutrality.html","title":{"rendered":"As American as Baseball and Net Neutrality"},"content":{"rendered":"
Among the many, many comments submitted to the FCC regarding net neutrality, Major League Baseball has come out strongly in favor of it. Of course, they are a major content player, and (rightly) see this non-neutral "fast lanes" as something that will drive up customer prices and thus push down customer demand.<\/p>\n

So, will it make any difference in how the commission moves forward?\ufeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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The best argument yet for net neutrality comes from Major League Baseball<\/a>
\n Among the more than one million comments about net neutrality received by the US government this year was a submission by… Major League Baseball (MLB). The\u00a0US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is currently reviewing new rules\u00a0that could allow internet providers to charge content companies for a more direct connection to customers.\u00a0\u00a0Some big content\u00a0distributors (most notably,\u00a0Netflix) have…\n <\/p>\n

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Among the many, many comments submitted to the FCC regarding net neutrality, Major League Baseball has come out strongly in favor of it. Of course, they are a major content player, and (rightly) see this non-neutral "fast lanes" as something that will drive up customer prices and thus push down customer demand. 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