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0 pointsikeboy9y ago0 comments

(My own views align closely with http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/we-dont-need-net-... and http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-13/forget-net...)

Do you have any evidence that cable companies wanted to charge for preferential treatment for traffic? I've seen that claim repeated a lot but never with evidence.

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Spooky239y ago

Netflix is the canonical example.

A few years ago YouTube got similar treatment on Time Warner -- they funneled everything to a YouTube point of presence on the TWC network that was over saturated. You could modify DNS and use and alternate URL and watch 1080p video with no lag.

Verizon also started limiting aggregate Netflix traffic. Through conincidence, it happened to start happening when they launched a video service.

ikeboyOP9y ago

What happened with netflix wasn't covered under net neutrality anyway (as the links above point out), and they weren't being charged for prioritization, nor were they discriminated against.

Spooky239y ago

This isn't a net neutrality discussion. It's about monopolistic behavior.

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0 pointsikeboy9y ago0 comments

(My own views align closely with http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/we-dont-need-net-... and http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-13/forget-net...)

Do you have any evidence that cable companies wanted to charge for preferential treatment for traffic? I've seen that claim repeated a lot but never with evidence.

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Spooky239y ago

Netflix is the canonical example.

Verizon also started limiting aggregate Netflix traffic. Through conincidence, it happened to start happening when they launched a video service.

ikeboyOP9y ago

What happened with netflix wasn't covered under net neutrality anyway (as the links above point out), and they weren't being charged for prioritization, nor were they discriminated against.

Spooky239y ago

This isn't a net neutrality discussion. It's about monopolistic behavior.

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