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Re: S.Korea broadband firm sues Netflix after traffic surge


From: Jay Hennigan <jay () west net>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 11:20:06 -0700

On 10/1/21 07:19, Blake Hudson wrote:

It's about time Netflix played chicken with one of these ISPs and stopped offering serviceĀ  (or offered limited service) to the ISPs that try to extort them and other content providers: Sorry, your service provider does not believe in net neutrality and has imposed limitations on your Netflix experience. For a better Netflix experience, consider exploring one of these other nearby internet providers: x, y, z.

Netflix actually did pretty much exactly that with Verizon back in 2014, displaying a message that read "The Verizon network is crowded right now."

https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/05/netflix-error-blames-verizon-for-playback-issues-verizon-responds-with-legal-threats/

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