From InfoWorld: Netflix, accused of taking advantage of Internet fast lanes while calling on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to prohibit them, has defended its practice of signing traffic peering agreements with large broadband providers.
Netflix's traffic interconnection deals with Comcast, AT&T and other ISPs in the past year have led to questions from critics, after the company has called for strong Net neutrality rules that would prohibit broadband providers from entering into traffic priority agreements with Web content providers.
But those deals were not an attempt by Netflix to gain a fast-lane advantage over other Web traffic, the company said Monday. Instead, there is a misconception about those traffic deals, Ken Florance, Netflix's vice president of content delivery, wrote in a blog post.
"Without those payments, ISPs allowed these connection points to congest, resulting in a poor video streaming experience for Netflix users on those networks," Florance wrote. "While Netflix was able to meet the demand for payments, we continue to believe this practice stands in contrast to an open Internet and all its promise."
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