DOJ probe checks whether cable companies are unfairly capping online video

When Comcast announced that its Xfinity app for Xbox 360 wouldn’t count against its internet subscriber’s data caps, it got an earful from net neutrality advocates, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, and Senator Al Franken. Now, The Wall Street Journal reports that the US Department of Justice has stepped in, investigating cable companies like Comcast and Time Warner Cable, among others, to see if they’re acting unfairly towards online video services. More specifically, the DOJ is investigating if Comcast’s Xbox application violates antitrust agreements the company made when it took over NBCUniversal in 2011, the very same issue that Senator Al Franken brought up early last month. In May, Comcast claimed it was complying with net neutrality…
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