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Verizon threatens to sue Netflix in war of words over video quality |
June 06, 2014
Verizon Communications has threatened to sue Netflix after the video streaming company started displaying error messages that blamed Verizon for low-quality video streams.In a letter Thursday to Netflix’s General Counsel David Hyman, Randal S. Milch, Verizon’s general counsel referred to reports that Netflix was displaying messages to users that the “The Verizon network is crowded right now” and that Netflix was adjusting the video for smoother playback.There is no basis for Netflix to assert that issues relating to playback of any particular video session are attributable solely to Verizon, according to the letter. Traffic on the Internet can be affected by other factors such as Netflix’s choices on how to connect to its consumers and deliver content, interconnection between multiple networks, and consumer-end issues such as home wiring, Wi-Fi and device configuration, it added.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2360860/verizon-threatens-to-sue-netflix-in-war-of-words-over-video-quality.html#tk.rss_all
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