S.Korea broadband firm sues Netflix after traffic surge

Fri Oct 1 18:20:06 UTC 2021

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

> It's about time Netflix played 
> chicken with one of these ISPs and stopped offering service  (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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