And it will narrow the openings for competitors like Amazon, DISH, Comcast, and potentially, Apple and Google, which might take the forced customer transition as an opportunity to poach Netflix customers.

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If other businesses do not also upgrade their networks to support IPv6, Internet users and devices will be forced to go through transition gateways to reach IPv6-enabled websites and devices.

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By taking a risk with its EE ruling, it will have forced the whole mobile industry to focus on a faster transition to 4G.

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