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Netflix rails against ISPs even as it agrees to pay off yet another one for better connections

21
Aug
2014

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on Tuesday penned an editorial in Wired in which he defended the free Internet and advocated against the FCC’s Net Neutrality proposals, as well as against the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger. But even though Hastings is not afraid to vividly voice his concerns – this isn’t the first time he’s written an editorial on these matters – Netflix was apparently forced to ink its fourth interconnect deal in the U.S. to make sure that TWC broadband subscribers who watch Netflix online get a decent experience. In his Wired editorial, Hastings only mentioned the similar deals Netflix signed with ATT, Comcast and Verizon, although GigaOm has learned that such a deal is in place with TWC as well after being

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