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Re:Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days by rsynnott on Thursday March 19, 2020 @04:16PM (#22631227)
It's a neutral exchange. Note that it doesn't give the whole story; really big players like Netflix may have hardware directly in some of the ISPs and bypass the exchange completely.

The US doesn't have many significant neutral exchanges, but here's one: https://www.seattleix.net/statistics/

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Re:Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days by trigger on Thursday March 19, 2020 @04:39PM (#22631486)
Possibly, but Netflix do peer in INEX, https://www.inex.ie/ixp/customer/detail/103
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Re:Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days by rsynnott on Thursday March 19, 2020 @04:57PM (#22631655)
They do, but they likely also have equipment in many of the ISPs.
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