Comcast
is at it again:
Level 3 Communications Inc., an Internet backbone company
that supports Netflix Inc.'s increasingly popular movie streaming
service, complained Monday that cable giant Comcast Corp. is charging it
an unfair fee for the right to send data to its subscribers.
Comcast replied it is being swamped by a flood of data and needs to
be paid.
Level 3 said it agreed to pay under protest, but that the fee
violates the principles of an "open Internet." It also goes against the
Federal Communications Commission's proposed rules preventing broadband
Internet providers from favoring certain types of traffic, it said.
This is the exact reason that we need net neutrality. It also hits at
the heart of what should be anti-trust laws. Consider the fact that
Comcast isn’t only the largest residential internet provider in the
country, but also the largest cable provider. Cable companies have seen a
huge decline in subscriptions in recent years while companies like
NetFlix have experienced huge growth. This is Comcast’s attempt to
squash the competition and the Justice Department and FTC should get
involved right away.
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