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Forgive my ignorance, but doesn't your story demonstrate that the law was not necessary in that case? Since the problem was corrected without it? Or am I missin
by lousyd 8y ago
Forgive my ignorance, but doesn't your story demonstrate that the law was not necessary in that case? Since the problem was corrected without it? Or am I missing the point?
- acomjean 8y agoNetflix actually caved and paid comcast to get better speeds ("interconnects"). It wasn't the bad PR that forced the issue. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/02/netflix-is-paying-comcast-for-direct-connection-to-network-wsj-reports/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/02/netfl... Speeds increased 65% after the payment. It was kind of a big deal at the time, since most of the time nobody paid for this. "Netflix has struck payment-free deals with Frontier, British Telecom, TDC, Clearwire, GVT, Telus, Bell Canada, Virgin, Cablevision, Google Fiber, Telmex, and RCN" https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/after-netflix-pays-comcast-speeds-improve-65/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/after...
- whoopdedo 8y agoNetflix should make subscribers who use Comcast pay more. Why should people on other networks have to subsidize a Comcast tax?
- MadWombat 8y agoBecause Netflix is a business, not a charity. They are not accountable for their pricing. People are not "paying a Comcast tax", they are paying the service price Netflix established.