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Netflix Agrees to Pay Comcast to End Traffic Jam

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Netflix Inc. has agreed to pay Comcast Corp. to ensure Netflix movies and TV shows stream smoothly to Comcast customers, a landmark agreement that could set a precedent for Netflix's dealings with other broadband providers, people familiar with the situation said.

In exchange for payment, Netflix will get direct access to Comcast's broadband network, the people said. The multiyear deal comes just 10 days after Comcast agreed to buy...

 

Link: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304834704579401071892041790

 

Uhm i don't have a login so i can't see the full article so yeah.

I think this shows that ISP overpower/dictate Netflix which isn't right.

 

 

Update1: new link that you don't need to login WSJ, here is another article link to Gizmodo

 

Update2: AT&T Speaking to Netflix as well (Reuters)

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Not only is Comcast screwing over their customers, they are screwing over netflix too!

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That's the finest source I've seen all day.

 

Oh wait...

google'd and the first thing to come up was the wall street journal.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304834704579401071892041790

 

EDIT:use this link to go to it.

WSJ

It's the hyperlink you get when you google the WSJ article,which for some reason lets you read it without a login.

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replace the source link with this:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC0QqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2FSB10001424052702304834704579401071892041790&ei=pjYKU5GoLoT1qAGUsIH4AQ&usg=AFQjCNGsYasjFjwHCXvoCDroIWbsVxyLxw&sig2=BK-sOSp-Om9qt8pMIIcnIg&bvm=bv.61725948,d.aWM

it lets you read the full article.

 

EDIT 2 :they blocked the google link from showing the full article too.

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That's the finest source I've seen all day.

 

Oh wait...

sorry I updated, it was the first time I used quotes so i was having difficulty 

 

Thank you @mvitkun for the link without the login

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Comcast can go fuck it self for making netflix do this...

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That might very well spell the end of competitive internet connections for the US for a long, long while. Sad really, your corrupt system that allows blatant bribes in the form of "think-tanks" and "lobbying"  just put you at a competitive disadvantage with the rest of the world: Expect more than a few tech companies to just move the fuck out to other countries with more interest in advancing as a nation providing basic telecom infrastructure and not defending the right for a few corporations and a few politicians to get rich while they fuck up the future of everybody.

 

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whos next Verizon, for their BULL SHIT NETFLIX. i cant cope with this insanity.

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That might very well spell the end of competitive internet connections for the US for a long, long while. Sad really, your corrupt system that allows blatant bribes in the form of "think-tanks" and "lobbying"  just put you at a competitive disadvantage with the rest of the world: Expect more than a few tech companies to just move the fuck out to other countries with more interest in advancing as a nation providing basic telecom infrastructure and not defending the right for a few corporations and a few politicians to get rich while they fuck up the future of everybody.

 

Google Fiber and some other Fiber ISP's moving in proves this wrong. There's a lot of ground to cover in America, it'll catch up eventually...

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Google Fiber and some other Fiber ISP's moving in proves this wrong. There's a lot of ground to cover in America, it'll catch up eventually...

 

It sets precedent (along with the court decisions of late) to just block google fiber to DSL speeds for specific sites like Netflix. And catching up eventually is exactly my argument: there will be places in the word that won't require catching up and could offer the incentive of cheaper, more competitive infrastructure among other goverment sponsored breaks to make business more profitable.

You see this is already happening on areas like the entertainment industry: often movies can "bomb" badly in the US and still turn out healthy profits abroad. It's only a matter of time before companies decide "enough is enough" and in fact while we're at it, Netflix is kinda doing exactly that right now anyway: they are one of the first companies to start selling streaming services outside the US while the rest continue to bow down to the telecom and movie industry interests and region lock everything to US only.

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Prepare your wallets.  The cost will arrive at the end-consumer.

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and now netflix pricing will start skyrocketing. They should not have given in to the isp's. It just makes them think they can do anything they want.

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Can I get some good news this week? I feel like my ass is getting sore from being fucked so much by these companies.

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Well lets see sir, we are screwing most everybody...o wait lets screw Netflix too! (If only comcast would get aids.)

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Google Fiber and some other Fiber ISP's moving in proves this wrong. There's a lot of ground to cover in America, it'll catch up eventually...

I can not wait until I move to Atlanta and get my grubby hands all over that google fiber internet... I mean, I have no complaints with Verizon FiOS, but let's be honest here. Google Fiber? Gigabit internet? Unprecedented download speeds to the America's.

 

EDIT: Almost forgot about the topic of this post... boo comcast

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They really have to get some laws updated.
In a lot of European countries it's illegal for the ISP to slow down your internet on purpose.
Also if they slow your internet down on specific websites then they are clearly monitoring you which should be illegal.

The people do a petition to get Justin Bieber out of the country but they don't do petition against ISP stealing bandwith that they've paid for :/ MURICA

 

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If I were Netflix I'd upload to users with an anonymous proxy. That way Comcast will have no idea what to block/slowdown

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How is this shit legal? This is seriously messed up! I hope people ditch comcast now. If not, other ISP's might do this as well.

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Dammit Netflix! They shouldn't have paid them, Comcast are supposed to provide unfiltered internet access to the customers which they're already overcharging. Netflix has made a mistake, signalling to all ISPs that we don't care about net neurtality. We care so much!

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