Verizon, bandwidth provider blame each other for slow Netflix streaming

A few days ago, Cogent CEO Schaeffer told GigaOm that Verizon is "allowing the peer connections to degrade." Instead of adding more ports to accommodate increased traffic, Verizon is letting the ports fill up, he claimed. This is allegedly causing bad Netflix performance for Verizon's customers. Verizon says Cogent's claims are incorrect, or at least incomplete. Verizon VP Young wrote a blog post yesterday saying that Cogent is not living up to its end of the bargain and should have to pay Verizon. - Jon Brodkin

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