Netflix Video Speed On FiOS Doubles After Netflix-Verizon Deal

Posted by Soulskill on Monday October 13, 2014 @06:25PM from the all-about-the-benjamins dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Verizon now joins AT&T and Time Warner Cable in the list of ISPs on which Netflix streaming has significantly improved after Netflix paid for access to their networks. Ars Technica notes that "[t]he interconnection deals give Netflix a direct connection to the edge of the Internet providers' networks, bypassing congested links, but without receiving priority treatment after entering the networks." The success of these deals, however, gives the ISPs no incentive whatsoever to fix their congested links. Toll roads have, in essence, been created for the internet.

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Re:Boycott will end this in less than a week by geekmux · 2014-10-14 00:11 · Score: 2, Interesting

Good luck with that. People won't give up gasoline and they won't give up their shitty media. You can depend on that.
Bullshit.
Everyone has their pressure points.
For 99% of us, that would be gasoline at $20/gallon.
Raise the cost of Netflix to $50/month, and you'll see a lot of people abandoning their shitty media too.
Given cost is often THE pressure point, the only thing you can be assured of is cheap entertainment for the mindless masses. And cheap opium in a prescription bottle.
Gotta keep the addicts happy. They might just get out and vote again one day...