said by silbaco:They could have continued to use LimeLight and Akamai. It was Netflix's decision to abandon them.
How long before Comcast demanded additional payment from LimeLight or Akamai if Netflix used either of them? I guess if Comcast wanted more money, they could simply let these peering points saturate as well.
In the end, unless something changes, there really was only one option for Netflix to deal with Comcast, and that was to give them money for something they already paid for with their own ISP.
Let's hope that Comcast does not become too greedy. Is one new skyscraper going to be enough?