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Netflix Now Paying Time Warner Cable For Direct Interconnection

Add Time Warner Cable to the list of companies that are now getting paid by Netflix for direct interconnection. Time Warner Cable confirms to Stacey Higginbotham at GigaOM that the deal was completed back in June, on the heels of previous deals with AT&T, Comcast and Verizon. Only Comcast customers have seen meaningful streaming improvements from the deal with Netflix so far.

The deal should improve Netflix streaming for Time Warner Cable customers; Time Warner Cable streaming performance hasn't been as awful as other carriers, the ISP ranked sixth on Netflix's recent ISP streaming rankings.

Both Netflix and Level3 have accused AT&T, Verizon and Comcast of intentionally leaving peering points un-upgraded to force content companies like Netflix to pay them for direct interconnection to bypass these intentionally congested links. AT&T, Verizon and Comcast have insisted that these are just run of the mill peering disputes.

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Please stop feeding these trolls netflix!

As both a time warner and netflix customer I am 100% against this. First of all, I never have any issues getting anything less than the super HD streams, but more importantly I do NOT agree with this extortion by the ISPs. The traffic should not need extra payment just to get there at a reasonable speed. I pay Time Warner to give me internet access at a certain performance level and I expect it without endpoints having to pay a toll to actually receive it.