Time Warner Cable became the latest cable company to turn the Xbox 360 into a set-top box yesterday with the release of an app that lets its customers stream up to 300 live channels. It may have also became the latest cable provider to deliver that content in a way that might skirt around net neutrality rules: according to GigaOM , not a single bit of that data will count against TWC customers' data caps. TWC explained the decision to GigaOM, noting that the app "isn't an internet offering." That's nearly the exact argument that Comcast cited when it came under fire for applying the very same data policies for its TV-streaming Xfinity app for the 360 last year, saying that it "essentially acts as an additional cable box."
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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/28/4667216/twc-not-counting-data-use-xbox-360-app-net-netruality
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