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February 24, 2014

Netflix to Pay Comcast for Faster Access in Potential Threat to Net Neutrality 
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The video-streaming site Netflix has agreed to pay Comcast for faster
and more direct access to its subscribers. The deal comes just 10 days
after Comcast agreed to buy Time Warner, merging the largest and second
largest cable and broadband providers. The latest deal could have major
implications for net neutrality, the principle of equal and open access
to the Internet. Last week federal regulators said they would not appeal
a court decision striking down rules on net neutrality, instead saying
they will issue new rules –- a proposal media reform advocates say is
toothless under the current legal framework.

 

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