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Re:Verizon: We Can't Become Dumb Pipes by driverdan on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @10:00AM (#12217931)
I hate the "ISP X throttles Service Y" meme. It's not throttling, it's bad peering. Very different but the outcome is similar.
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Re:Verizon: We Can't Become Dumb Pipes by spacemanmatt on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @12:06PM (#12218972)
Verizon is one of the ISPs that engaged/engages in intentional removal of peering connections. Netflix is a signature example of this.
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