A year and a half ago, as the cost of my Optimum "triple play" package kept creeping incessantly upwards, Aereo launched. I canceled Optimum TV and phone (got VOIPO instead) and switched to Aereo. Everything worked amazingly well.
Then, a few months ago Verizon offered me FiOS for $35/month, increasing to $55 for year two, at the same time that Optimum increased their internet rates to $60 (both 15/5 Mbit/sec). So I switched at the end of last year. Now I'm noticing that the Aereo streaming video quality seems to be getting worse and worse. Has anyone else noticed this?
My speculation: I'm wondering whether Verizon is playing the same game with Aereo that they are playing with Netflix. Aereo might be willing to pay up in the same way, but presumably not before they find out from the Supreme Court whether they are allowed to operate. Thoughts?
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