Why does Netflix deny it's buying preferential treatment?

[unhappycamper]

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20140225,0,4421953,full.column



Netflix accounts for about a third of prime-time Internet traffic in North America, according to broadband research company Sandvine.

Why does Netflix deny it's buying preferential treatment?
By David Lazarus
February 24, 2014, 6:54 p.m.

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The deal, announced over the weekend, has broad ramifications for consumers. First, it could place the cost of Netflix's bandwidth-hogging service on the shoulders of Netflix subscribers, who will presumably see their rates rise to accommodate the payoff to Comcast.

Secondly, it demonstrates the growing muscle of network owners such as Comcast, Time Warner Cable, AT&T and Verizon — companies that are the gatekeepers of broadband Internet access.

These telecom behemoths are beginning to use their market power to extract hefty sums from content providers desiring extra-zippy access to their networks.



unhappycamper comment: So much for Net Neutrality --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality
And never mind that this is completely contrary to how federal regulators say things are supposed to work.

[daleanime]

1. Kick....

[global1]

2. Prediction: Watch For Comcast To Buy Out Netflix In The Future.....

If a company is pushing for a monopoly - then that is a next step.

[vi5]

3. I have so many friends defending this.

Claiming CDN agreements have always been around, most use the ISP CDN anyway, etc.

Yeah, and it's just total coincidence that Netflix just now decided to use Comcasts CDN right at the same time the Time Warner merger was announced.

As far as I see it, it's just people who are otherwise supporters of net neutrality and against monopolies and conglomerates, looking to justify keeping their Netflix memberships.