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Cogent (Netflix's ISP) and Comcast had a peering agreement which spelled out costs and ratios; Cogent sold Netflix bandwidth (probably very cheaply) that they c
by jerkstate 7y ago
Cogent (Netflix's ISP) and Comcast had a peering agreement which spelled out costs and ratios; Cogent sold Netflix bandwidth (probably very cheaply) that they could not provide without breaching their peering agreement. Cogent was unwilling to fulfill the financial terms of their peering agreement in order to provide the product that they had sold to Netflix. Somehow, people think this is Comcast's fault?
- liability 7y agoNetflix is a very popular company and Comcast is a deeply unpopular company. Consequently people take Netflix's statements at face value while assuming that Comcast always lies, even in situations where the facts suggest otherwise. But who's fault is any of this? I say you reap what you sow. Comcast has only themselves to blame when consumers are skeptical of them.
- gog 7y agoYou can also turn that statement around. Customers have paid Comcast to access the internet (Netflix) and Comcast didn't want to upgrade his peering with backbone providers forcing Netflix to pay them interconnection. In this case Comcast is getting money from it's customers and then Netflix has to pay extra for the traffic Comcast's customers requested and paid for.