Netflix replies to Verizon cease and desist letter • Hacker News Board

Re: Netflix replies to Verizon cease and desist letter

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Post by sp332 » Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 7:30 PM UTC

sologoub wrote: post #3

Anyone have a screenshot of what the error message actually says?

This is the image that I've seen posted to several news articles. https://twitter.com/yurivictor/status/473978204852453376

Edit: interesting, this seems to be the only screenshot anyone has?

Re: Netflix replies to Verizon cease and desist letter

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Post by aresant » Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 7:31 PM UTC

Here is the actual Cease & Desist:

http://recode.net/2014/06/05/verizon-threatens-netflix-with-...

Re: Netflix replies to Verizon cease and desist letter

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Post by ianamartin » Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 7:31 PM UTC

sologoub wrote: post #3

Anyone have a screenshot of what the error message actually says?

http://qz.com/216609/netflixs-video-error-message-is-a-cleve...

Re: Netflix replies to Verizon cease and desist letter

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Post by uptown » Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 7:31 PM UTC

sologoub wrote: post #3

Anyone have a screenshot of what the error message actually says?

Available here: https://twitter.com/yurivictor/status/473978204852453376

Re: Netflix replies to Verizon cease and desist letter

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Post by hornokplease » Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 7:31 PM UTC

sologoub wrote: post #3

Anyone have a screenshot of what the error message actually says?

Here's a tweet including a screen capture that was widely cited two days ago: https://twitter.com/yurivictor/status/473978204852453376

Re: Netflix replies to Verizon cease and desist letter

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Post by bstar77 » Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 7:31 PM UTC

sologoub wrote: post #3

Anyone have a screenshot of what the error message actually says?

"The Verizon Network is Crowded Right Now."

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/netfli...

Re: Netflix replies to Verizon cease and desist letter

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Post by wmf » Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 7:32 PM UTC

Netflix may be reaping what they have sown here. They agreed to buy paid peering from Verizon, so if they don't have enough capacity into Verizon the onus is on them to buy more. OTOH if there is some kind of problem inside Verizon then the error message is justified.

Re: Netflix replies to Verizon cease and desist letter

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Post by eco » Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 7:34 PM UTC

bhartzer wrote: post #10

I'm on CenturyLink DSL and they don't show that message for me when there are speed issues... they apparently only show it to Verizon customers?

Netflix is testing it in select markets.

Re: Netflix replies to Verizon cease and desist letter

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 7:34 PM UTC

sologoub wrote: post #3

Anyone have a screenshot of what the error message actually says?

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Re: Netflix replies to Verizon cease and desist letter

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Post by Karunamon » Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 7:35 PM UTC

This is a genius move. It's exactly what needs to happen to get consumers to realize that it's their ISP fucking them over, not Netflix.

The average joe isn't outraged enough about net neutrality. If only they'd start doing this to other known bad actors coughcomcastcough, that might just be what the doctor ordered.

I wonder why they ponied up the money to the protection rackets first, and only then started pointing fingers. Maybe the agreement gave them access to some better data? If not, this should have been done months ago!

By the way, don't bother with the comments on the article page unless you want to lose all faith in humanity :(