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Time to bring back ISP shaming. Netflix would notify Verizon users in the app that Verizon's slow peering was degrading their watch experience. https://bgr.com
by thedougd 5y ago
Time to bring back ISP shaming. Netflix would notify Verizon users in the app that Verizon's slow peering was degrading their watch experience.
https://bgr.com/general/netflix-vs-verizon-network/ https://bgr.com/general/netflix-vs-verizon-network/
- c12 5y agoWasn't this what fast.com was created for?
- zamadatix 5y agoFast.com will let you test the idea yourself (if you already know it exists) but it will not proactively notify you otherwise.
- jandrese 5y agoThis was one of the first wins for IPv6. I had a Hurricane Electric tunnel on my FiOS link and was able to bypass the bottleneck that Verizon set up for Netflix. Now Netflix blocks Hurricane Electric endpoints and FiOS still doesn't support IPv6. We're nearing the 10 year anniversary of that "coming soon" FAQ entry on their webpage.