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last month the company reported speeds for verizon's fios dropped 14% but stayed the same on other providersthere he is the dahli lama as he arrives to the bay area. a fanfare and the criticism of his visit to the united states. >>> rain back in the extended forecast. the timing on significant changes coming to >>> east bay m.u.d. crews are hard at work tonight trying to fix a pipe break near the intersection of parker and mcgee street. east bay mud says about 35 homes will be without power for most of the night. from news chopper two we saw some people making sure the water doesn't go to waste. they scooped it up in buckets and used it to water their plants. >>> a new recruitment effort aimed at uc berkeley students is raising eyebrows. this one page ad appeared in the valentine's day print edition in the newspaper. it asked students if they are interested in working as exotic dancers at area strip clubs. >> it was one that we talked about a little bit. but you know we've run ads for strip clubs in the past. it didn't seem like a big deal. i think you will find ads for far more dramatic tha

>> if you include directv, dish, verizon fios, at&t u-verse, comcast will have about 30% of all pay-tv subscribers, but if you look at this as just cable companies, comcast becomes really dominant, combining number one and number two. of course, you can also look at the world of tv viewing these days to include youtube and netflix and amazon prime and hulu, etc., and then you get a figure beyond the early percent, regulators will have to make the choice -- are they comfortable with comcast owning so many cable subscribers and owning the nbc universal content portfolio? that is a lot of power in the industry for one company. >> oh, the regulators. if we know anything, washington will be looking for was stephanie ruhle likes to call a pound of flesh. >> anytime you combine a number one and number two in anything in this country, washington is going to be initially skeptical, but again, this deal will have to be scrutinized because it is not just perhaps cable versus cable here. it involves a whole lot of more players and what it means in terms of programming costs, the flow of informatio

last month the company reported speeds for verizon's fios dropped 14% but stayed the same on other providers. >>> there he is the dahli lama as he arrives to the bay area. a fanfare and the criticism of his visit to the united states. >>> rain back in the extended forecast. the timing on significant changes coming to your home. >>> coming up next, recruiting students to strip. the full page proposal in a school newspaper that's raising eyebrows. >>> east bay m.u.d. crews are hard at work tonight trying to fix a pipe break near the intersection of parker and mcgee street. east bay mud says about 35 homes will be without power for most of the night. from news chopper two we saw some people making sure the water doesn't go to waste. they scooped it up in buckets and used it to water their plants. >>> a new recruitment effort aimed at uc berkeley students is raising eyebrows. this one page ad appeared in the valentine's day print edition in the newspaper. it asked students if they are interested in working as exotic dancers at area strip clubs. >> it was one that we talked about a little bit. bu

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it reported streaming service on verizon's fios service was 14% slower in january, leading to further netflix and other providers. shares pretty flat this morning, investors not minding just yet. the stock market off to a pretty good start on this monday morning. let's take a look at the big board and see how we are doing. the dow up 82 points and the s&p 500 is up by 9. >> >>> and time now for a peek at traffic. how are we do something. >> yes. meters were turned on earlier than normal this morning on the bay bridge and the back pain is starting earlier than normal, as well. macarthur maze is jammed up to the 440 interchange. at least a 20 minute wait to get on the bridge and slowing from the incline. 80 at the richmond exits are heavy, as well out of hercules. and across the golden gate bridge traffic heading into san francisco looks good. you may find slow traffic on the northbound 101. the capital expressway to 880 now heavy, as well. typical from 280 to highway 237, also. and sluggish northbound on the guadalupe parkway. the mass transit bart system is back to a regular normal sc

verizon fios is 100% fiber optic, comcast isn't. so you can video chat smoother. game with less lag time. and upload videos in a flash. getting the difference 100% fiber optics makes. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities i love you, too. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. that's powerful. get the fios triple play online with no annual contract. plus, get a free internet speed upgrade for one year. >>> right now at 6:00, a prince george's county school getting ready for a visit from the president. and we just received new information about the announcement he'll make to help schoolchildren across our area. >>> plus, if you live in a county highlighted in pink on your screen right now, expect to see some ice tonight. we'll pinpoint when it will arrive in just minutes. >>> we're still gathering school closings and delays for you as well. >> you can find the list at nbcwashington.com. in virginia frederick county schools will open one hour late today. and in west virginia, grant, hampshire, jefferson, mineral and morgan county schools will all open two hours lat

. >> reporter: last month in december, netflix reported that streaming speeds for verizon's fios service by 14%, but stayed the same on other internet providers. verizon denies any wrongdoing. netflix had no comment. but it's no secret that many internet providers want big online video streamers to pay them for using up all that capacity. >> the industry has to keep expanding their capacity as demand increases. >> reporter: what all of this is about is something called net neutrality, which basically says the internet is no different than the interstate highway system, that anybody can use it, any time, and as much as they want. something not true with mobile devices. >> i would never watch a movie on my mobile device because it would cost me a fortune if i did it too much. i'm afraid they may start doing that in the home. that would be awful! >> i would be offended. i would be upset about it and i wouldn't pay it. i would try to go someplace else or just not watch the movie. there are other alternatives. >> i would be a little bit annoyed if, if i was a verizon customer right now. >> re

liz: robert, we put up logos certain broadband providers somewhat accused, verizon fios, at&t, comcasty, purposely slowing down netflix traffic because there is showdown a plumbing dispute. we just had the ceo of coagain communications which -- cogent communications which takes 21% of all broadband internet traffic throughout the united states in the last hour. he used the word cartel to me in a commercial break. think these guys are banding together in a cartel. here is what else he said about this. then you can comment. >> sure. >> the dispute is broader than netflix and unfortunately, there is collateral damage that many users, corporate users even, who use the internet are caught in this traffic jam. liz: he says it is bigger. he says there is a little bit of nefarious work here. >> if there is, there are plenty of laws already on the books, absent any new net neutrality rules that would cureethe problem. there are antitrust laws. there are consumer protection laws. section five of the federal trade commission act. lawyers would have field day with tortious interference. could sue

fiber is faster than verizon's files -- fios.ompetitors google is leaving in the dust, centurylink and time warner cable. google fiber started in kansas city and 2012. now it is in provo and coming soon to austin. google wants to bring the service to 34 more cities. ting-edge modems cabled right into each customer's home. it will cost google as much as $900 per household. if google builds it, will customers come? 15 million atv customers will come, giving google fiber nearly as big a customer base as comcast's 24 million. >> google's expansion plan for fiber could threaten certain cable providers. let's talk about that. in austin, plans have been slowed down by at&t. they are saying, you cannot run your fiber of our telephone poles. we were here first. when were talking about this potential comcast-time warner -- just ase comcast google fiber has announced the rollout, comcast has increased the speed it is giving. they have lowered their cost just in the month. the competitive atmosphere is keenly being felt not just by comcast b

fios, verizon, this allows us to compete better by bringing our products in to new markets. >> time warner's robert marcus agreed. >> no reduction in competition, improved customer experiences, and we think that this will clear all the regulatory hurdles and will get done. >> comcast is always a major player in broadband. the comcast deal brings new focus to the ongoing battle over net knew neutrality. net neutrality is in limbo right now after a u.s. court of appeals struck down f.c.c. regulations. the court ruled the f.c.c. does have regulatory authority, but it used the wrong legal justification. so now the f.c.c. can rewrite the rules or congress can act. the concern is that comcast and other broadband providers could give preferential treatment to their own produced content and that critics say, could drive up the price for consumers. the planned acquisition comes at a critical time in the history of cable television overall subscriptions and ratings are on the decline, online video on demand services like net flicks and hulu are on the rice, out hold opting out of cable television are