[acomjean]

Netflix actually caved and paid comcast to get better speeds ("interconnects").

It wasn't the bad PR that forced the issue.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/02/netfl...

Speeds increased 65% after the payment. It was kind of a big deal at the time, since most of the time nobody paid for this. "Netflix has struck payment-free deals with Frontier, British Telecom, TDC, Clearwire, GVT, Telus, Bell Canada, Virgin, Cablevision, Google Fiber, Telmex, and RCN"

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/04/after...

[whoopdedo]

Netflix should make subscribers who use Comcast pay more. Why should people on other networks have to subsidize a Comcast tax?

[MadWombat]

Because Netflix is a business, not a charity. They are not accountable for their pricing. People are not "paying a Comcast tax", they are paying the service price Netflix established.