Netflix Agrees to Pay Comcast to End Web Traffic Jam
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Netflix Agrees to Pay Comcast to End Web Traffic Jam
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Re: Netflix Agrees to Pay Comcast to End Web Traffic Jam
#2Hard to underestimate the ramifications of an agreement like this. Many would say this is the market acting in the way it should.
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#3Is there a non pay-walled version available?
This may mark the end of net neutrality.
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#4Wow, Netflix has decided to negotiate with the terrorists? I'm pretty disappointed.
Edit: Having read more of the non-paywalled version, I have to say I think they're shooting themselves in the foot, even if Comcast was offering a better price than Cogent. It sets a terrible precedent, and gives Comcast the leverage to bump the price extortionately at the end of the deal.
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#6I thought Comcast had to follow the net neutrality rules until 2018 regardless of that court decision a few weeks ago... Is this NFLX caving because nobody is enforcing the rules Comcast agreed to? (Edited for englishy)
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#7Are the insane? Why would they agree to this weeks after the net neutrality case, and not wait at least until they see what Congress and FCC want to do about it?
The only other explanation is that they may actually like this, because they know it would slow down a lot of their smaller competitors coming after them. It's even stranger when you think that customers must've blamed Comcast for their poor Netflix experience lately, not Netflix.
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#8Wait wait wait...so, a company that has something like 60-70% of the market in total monopoly now has successfully ransomed another company who depends on their services?
Motherfuckers.
Re: Netflix Agrees to Pay Comcast to End Web Traffic Jam
#9Is there a non pay-walled version available? This may mark the end of net neutrality.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230483470...
I think links with Google as a referrer show you the whole article.
Re: Netflix Agrees to Pay Comcast to End Web Traffic Jam
#10Is there a non pay-walled version available? This may mark the end of net neutrality.
http://bit.ly/NoS35l Just google the headline, they allow access to requests with google referrers.