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SpaethCo
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Re: Netflix Super HD and alternatives

said by ropeguru:

I understand there are technical limitations involved in order to try and guarentee a good experience.

Just to be clear, the reasons this service isn't offered universally are purely financial, not technical.

Netflix has to pay higher transit costs to deliver the higher bitrate content to their subscriber base unless they can get the much cheaper direct connection to the ISP networks.
vandergraff2
join:2005-10-17

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Quite right - Netflix decided to limit this to ISP's using Open Connect.

Netflix can just as easily decide to un-limit this - it is their call.

Some interesting articles on the topic from both sides

I like this quote from the article ''To use Crawford’s words, “the United States now has neither a competitive market for high-speed wired internet access nor government oversight.”

»www.policymic.com/articl ··· -utility

Interview with Reed Hastings at the Washington post where he gives Netflix's position on developing their content, ISPs, Open Connect and other subjects.

»www.washingtonpost.com/b ··· business