The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official

Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official by lousyd on Monday June 11, 2018 @04:13PM (#17288104)

Forgive my ignorance, but doesn't your story demonstrate that the law was not necessary in that case? Since the problem was corrected without it? Or am I missing the point?

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Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official by acomjean on Monday June 11, 2018 @04:27PM (#17288243)

Netflix actually caved and paid comcast to get better speeds ("interconnects").

It wasn't the bad PR that forced the issue.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/02/netfl...

Speeds increased 65% after the payment. It was kind of a big deal at the time, since most of the time nobody paid for this. "Netflix has struck payment-free deals with Frontier, British Telecom, TDC, Clearwire, GVT, Telus, Bell Canada, Virgin, Cablevision, Google Fiber, Telmex, and RCN"

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/after...

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Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official by whoopdedo on Monday June 11, 2018 @05:06PM (#17288597)

Netflix should make subscribers who use Comcast pay more. Why should people on other networks have to subsidize a Comcast tax?

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Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official by MadWombat on Monday June 11, 2018 @07:38PM (#17289549)

Because Netflix is a business, not a charity. They are not accountable for their pricing. People are not "paying a Comcast tax", they are paying the service price Netflix established.

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