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What? The Netflix/Verizon paid peering agreement was a fast/slow lane issue, was it not?
by ryneandal 12y ago
What? The Netflix/Verizon paid peering agreement was a fast/slow lane issue, was it not?
- 0x5f3759df-i 12y agoOr Comcast blocking/throttling all bittorrent traffic? \ http://www.cnet.com/news/comcast-really-does-block-bittorrent-traffic-after-all/ http://www.cnet.com/news/comcast-really-does-block-bittorren...
- cheald 12y agoThat actually was a fast/slow lane issue, and you may remember that was resolved without additional regulation or legislation.
- nostromo 12y agoIt's not clear to me that paid-peering agreements will change at all based on this announcement. The FCC said previously that it doesn't see such agreements as a net neutrality issue. http://time.com/80192/netflix-verizon-paid-peering-agreement/ http://time.com/80192/netflix-verizon-paid-peering-agreement...
- cheald 12y agoThe Netflix/Verizon paid peering agreement was a saturated links issue. Netflix wasn't being specifically throttled, their transit provider couldn't negotiate enough interlink capacity with last-mile providers to fulfill their obligations to Netflix.