Netflix actually caved and paid comcast to get better speeds ("interconnects"). It wasn't the bad PR that forced the issue. https://arstechnica.com/informatio

Netflix 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...