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Comment Re:Redbox Instant (Score 1) 364

The real question is whether Verizon's other transits are equally saturated. For instance, does an HD Youtube video stutter as much on Verizon as a Netflix video? If not, and if Google isn't paying for a high-bandwidth direct link, then Verizon is lying here.

Internet connections are resilient unless tampered with -- the Netflix data should get to the customer another way around if the direct link is full (such as through Level3 or another peer).

Luckily, you can look some of this up right now: http://www.google.com/get/vide...

Comment Re:Redbox Instant (Score 1) 364

Wouldn't that be product tying? Why should the bandwidth a customer pays Verizon for in any way be tied to Verizon's other services?

Verizon's services will be served faster simply by nature of being on Verizon's own network; there's no need to artificially hamper a competitor unless your own product is terrible.

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