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04-29-2014, 02:18 AM
Verizon, Netflix Team Up in Peering Agreement
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Verizon has reached an agreement with Netflix to connect networks, the second such deal aimed at improving the quality of the video streaming service.
Comcast signed a similar deal in February (http://mashable.com/2014/02/23/comcast-netflix-deal/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) that included Netflix paying for the privilege of connecting networks. Such arrangements, k**wn as "peering," improve data-intensive services like streaming video but are typically done without any money ever changing hands.
See also: What the FCC Net Neutrality Proposal Means for Your Internet (http://mashable.com/2014/02/20/fcc-net-neutrality-internet/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"We have reached an interconnect arrangement with Verizon that we hope will improve performance for our joint customers over the coming months," a Netflix spokesperson told Mashable. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/28/verizon-peering-netflix-comcast/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Verizon (http://mashable.com/category/verizon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Netflix (http://mashable.com/category/netflix/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Streaming Video (http://mashable.com/category/streaming-video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Media (http://mashable.com/media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/jS0fLmIuGhM
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Verizon has reached an agreement with Netflix to connect networks, the second such deal aimed at improving the quality of the video streaming service.
Comcast signed a similar deal in February (http://mashable.com/2014/02/23/comcast-netflix-deal/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) that included Netflix paying for the privilege of connecting networks. Such arrangements, k**wn as "peering," improve data-intensive services like streaming video but are typically done without any money ever changing hands.
See also: What the FCC Net Neutrality Proposal Means for Your Internet (http://mashable.com/2014/02/20/fcc-net-neutrality-internet/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"We have reached an interconnect arrangement with Verizon that we hope will improve performance for our joint customers over the coming months," a Netflix spokesperson told Mashable. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/28/verizon-peering-netflix-comcast/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Verizon (http://mashable.com/category/verizon/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Netflix (http://mashable.com/category/netflix/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Streaming Video (http://mashable.com/category/streaming-video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Business (http://mashable.com/business/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Media (http://mashable.com/media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/jS0fLmIuGhM