Verizon has announced today that broadband customers in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island can now sign up for a new on-demand PC gaming service that will allow unlimited access to 1400 games for $9.99 USD a month.
Gamers can play as often as they want, and can even download the games to laptops and play anywhere, given you have Internet (the games must ‘phone home’ first).
“With unlimited games, our FiOS and HSI (High-speed Internet) broadband customers can do away with those annoying game-rental late fees and the hassles of storing and cataloging game discs,” adds Susan Retta, vice president for Verizon broadband marketing. “And when customers are away from home, they can access their account from any broadband connection to play online games or download new games to play later.”
A few of the included games are “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader,” “Jewel Quest,” “The Price Is Right,””Boggle” ,”Risk,””Bob The Builder(TM),” “Clifford The Big Red Dog,” “SpongeBob(TM”) Teaches Typing,” “American Girl and “Zoo Tycoon,””Bejeweled Twist(TM),” “Diner Dash(R),” “Agatha Christie(TM),” “Virtual Villagers(R),” “Splinter Cell(TM)” and “Prince of Persia(TM).”
Result for: broadband customers
Cox Communications has announced that they will be partnering with Rhapsody music service to create Cox Rhapsody, a service giving Cox High Speed Internet customers the ability to access and download millions of songs for $12.99 a month.
“Our customers have expressed that music is a big part of their lives, and Cox Rhapsody allows us to make their favorite songs even more accessible,” stated Mark Snow, vice president of marketing for Cox Northern Virginia. “Cox Rhapsody provides our customers unlimited access to their music anywhere — at home, work or while traveling.”
According to the press release, the following packages are available:
Cox Rhapsody Free
– Price: FREE trial service
– Listen to 25 ad-free, high-quality Streaming radio stations from RealNetworks on your computer
– Access the Rhapsody Unlimited catalog and play up to 25 on-demand songs per month on your computer
Cox Rhapsody Radio
– Price: $4.99/month
– Listen to more than 80 ad-free, high-quality streaming radio stations from RealNetworks on your computer
– Includes ability to “skip” tracks and create personalized radio stations based on artist preference
– Access the Rhapsody Unlimited catalog and play up to 25 on-demand songs per month on your computer
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Result for: broadband customers
BT, the largest broadband service provider in the UK, has begun threatening “pirates” with disconnection from the Internet if they are found to be sharing copyrighted music over file sharing networks.
An anonymous broadband user forwarded one such email to TheRegister and the letter indeed showed that the woman was being threatened with disconnection for the unauthorized sharing of “Biology” by Girls Aloud. The sharing occurred using the file sharing program Ares in May and she received the letter this week.
Geoff Taylor, the chief of UK record industry trade body the BPI said in a statement, “Establishing partnerships with ISPs is the number one issue for the BPI, and we are beginning to form positive working relationships with BT, Virgin Media and most of the other major ISPs.”
It was still unclear whether BT has signed on to the so-called “three strikes” procedure agreed upon by the record industry and the government. Accused users will get two warnings for infringing music copyright and the third strike will be disconnection from the Internet.
Taylor added, “Everyone agrees on where we need to be, and we are working closely with our colleagues across the music community, the more progressive ISPs, and government to get us there.”
BT did not comment but did say if the BPI provides evidence against BT broadband customers, those customers can expect similar threatening letters.
You can read the full BT letter here.
