Comment Re:Truth in labeling, truth in advertisement law. (Score 1) 343
Why? Because there was no benefit for Comcast to do so.
Reducing their peering traffic by 30% (Comcast's numbers) doesn't have a benefit to Comcast, who was complaining of congestion caused by Netflix?
So what responsibility does Comcast, a for-profit entity, have to help another for-profit entity (and a direct competitor to Comcast's own streaming service) contain their operational costs.
And THIS is what the fight is *really* about. The fact that Comcast provides connectivity AND content is a conflict of interest that works to cost customers more.
Reducing their peering traffic by 30% (Comcast's numbers) doesn't have a benefit to Comcast, who was complaining of congestion caused by Netflix?
So what responsibility does Comcast, a for-profit entity, have to help another for-profit entity (and a direct competitor to Comcast's own streaming service) contain their operational costs.
And THIS is what the fight is *really* about. The fact that Comcast provides connectivity AND content is a conflict of interest that works to cost customers more.