Re: Verizon Public Policy on Netflix

[Rubens Kuhl <rubensk () gmail com>]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 5:01 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com> wrote:

> Here's a link to a post from VZN's public policy blog, about Netflix.
>
> Now, just as a matter of principle, I tend to assume that anything VZN
> says in public is a self-serving lie based on a poor understanding of the
> Real World... but I did in fact read it.
>
> Yup.
>
> The money quote:
>
>    One might wonder why Netflix and its transit providers were the only
> ones
>    that ran into congestion issues. What it boils down to is this: these
> other
>    transit and content providers took steps to ensure that there was
> adequate
>    capacity for their traffic to enter our network.

Translation: if Netflix is paying Comcast, why not pay us(Verizon) ?


Rubens