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Time Warner in NC (Raleigh area) is quite obviously throttling netflix. I did some tests back and forth with viewing directly and via a vpn I have in DC. Direc
by Urgo 12y ago
Time Warner in NC (Raleigh area) is quite obviously throttling netflix. I did some tests back and forth with viewing directly and via a vpn I have in DC. Direct I have hit 3k a few times but normally I can't get above 1k. Activate the vpn and I hit 3k within 20-30 secs....
- jsz0 12y agoConnecting to a VPN routes you around the congestion point between TWC and NetFlix's CDN. This is kind of exactly what ISPs are upset about. They can have more than enough bandwidth but NetFlix's size and lack of network diversity requires them to make special accommodations.
- pyvpx 12y agolack of network diversity?! surely you're joking. edit: as an afterthought I invite you to visit peeringdb.com, carefully following the instructions, and then compare AS7843 with AS2906. I find the recent breadth of AS714 thought provoking.
- josephlord 12y agoNetflix are paying to have the data delivered to the door of TWC (to TWC's router at the correct TWC regional point for the customer requesting the data). TWC is limiting the incoming rate and not delivering the data to their paying customers. Netflix cannot provide diversity within TWC's network and it shouldn't really matter what port the data show up on. Peering is a special deal for huge ISPs already. If you are small/medium size you will have to pay Level3/Cogent etc. for them to deliver data to you. Now the big players without competitors are pushing to alter the terms so the internet so that they get paid by both ends. And if companies give in the incentive for the ISPs is to worsen performance so more people have to pay for decent performance.
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