Assuming there is any validity to this story, I feel this is at least somewhat ironic considering Netflix's position as posterboy for "network neutrality." If

Assuming there is any validity to this story, I feel this is at least somewhat ironic considering Netflix's position as posterboy for "network neutrality." If one is neutral about the network, it should be of no concern whether the user is accessing Netflix via direct TCP/UDP or an encrypted tunnel. Nor should it matter what the client's IP address is. I don't mean to imply that Netflix is actually in favor of a truly neutral network—or even whether or not a truly neutral network can in practice exist—but rather to highlight how "neutrality" means different things to different people.