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Netflix always has another recourse in this situation: they could use a transit provider (like L3) that Comcast already peers with. Evidently they've decided th
by necubi 12y ago
Netflix always has another recourse in this situation: they could use a transit provider (like L3) that Comcast already peers with. Evidently they've decided that paying Comcast is cheaper than paying L3. If Comcast were deliberately slowing down their traffic there would be nothing they could do besides paying.
- dublinben 12y agoIt seems like pretty much all of Comcast's interconnects are full or nearly full. Netflix could not send their traffic through any (or all) transit providers even if they wanted to. Comcast is playing hardball to force content providers to make these kind of direct (paid) arrangements.
- dwild 12y agoI don't know if we can trust that graphic but it seems like they already does. http://blog.netflix.com/2014/04/the-case-against-isp-tolls.html http://blog.netflix.com/2014/04/the-case-against-isp-tolls.h...