[naviwins]

I see all these people saying Comcast was feuding with cogent... that is just not the case. For anyone in the hosting business we all know cogent is the cheapest option, and a pretty spotty service as a whole. What do we do when our customers complain and complain? Well, we seek out more reliable options and spend the money needed better serve our customers.

So why does Netflix get to complain? They have already spent the money for the ridiculously one sided peering(Netflix sending tons of traffic and Comcast sending close to none). You would think Netflix would be happy to spend this money to better their service! Right? Or is it so detrimental to their cash flow that they would rather complain? They should have just told their customers "hey, we heard you were having some problems with our service, look what we did for you!"

In the end this is just a smear campaign to distract Netflix customers from the price hike that is coming. It is obvious Netflix was going to raise its subscription prices eventually. So why not point the blame to a company who is already disliked. The majority of HN seems to be pretty smart people, it would be a shame if you fell for this rather underhanded ploy.

[josephlord]

Who sends traffic is just easier to measure, the person receiving it may want it more and in the Netflix case they are requesting the traffic.

In any case all Comcast's traffic is for their customers, when peering needs to be balanced to be free is when to parties are offering transit to other networks beyond themselves.