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04-25-2014, 03:24 AM
Netflix and Comcast Continue War of Words Over Internet Traffic
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The war of words between Comcast and Netflix continued on Thursday, and it's getting personal.
The companies, which have a partnership (http://mashable.com/2014/02/26/comcast-netflix-net-neutrality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) but also a very public ongoing feud, once again took to their respective blogs to argue over traffic, paid peering connections and the future of the Internet.
Netflix claims that Comcast has unfairly required Netflix to pay for a so-called "peering" connection, in which companies directly connect respective networks, to alleviate a slowdown in its service. Comcast claims Netflix has purposefully set up its system to shift the costs of its data-intensive service on to customers and ISPs. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/24/netflix-comcast-square-off/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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The war of words between Comcast and Netflix continued on Thursday, and it's getting personal.
The companies, which have a partnership (http://mashable.com/2014/02/26/comcast-netflix-net-neutrality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) but also a very public ongoing feud, once again took to their respective blogs to argue over traffic, paid peering connections and the future of the Internet.
Netflix claims that Comcast has unfairly required Netflix to pay for a so-called "peering" connection, in which companies directly connect respective networks, to alleviate a slowdown in its service. Comcast claims Netflix has purposefully set up its system to shift the costs of its data-intensive service on to customers and ISPs. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/24/netflix-comcast-square-off/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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