[SoFloFreeper]

Is this part of the net neutrality debate?

[BuffaloJack]

I pay Verizon for my 75MBit internet connection and I still get screen stalls when I watch Netflix, Hulu-Plus or a movie rental from Amazon. It especially irks me when I shell out $6 or $7 for a premium film only to have it stall and buffer 15 or 20 times during viewing.

[rarestia]

Is this part of the net neutrality debate?

Sure is, and this is just the opening salvo. This is going to get MUCH worse. Your price to use NetFlix is about to skyrocket.

[Crazieman]

Netflix has been annoying me lately with the lack of good stuff.

Like I was watching How Its Made and suddenly every season but one vanishes.

[DJ Frisat]

'Net neutrality' is an absolute quagmire of confusion and and contraction. I still don't know which side to come down on after listening to several discussions involving experts, such as Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson. It's not quite as simple as Netflix fighting with your isp over traffic. Third parties, such as Level 3 Communications, sit between the two and are also jockeying for increased revenue for providing the huge bandwidth requirements due to the popularity of Netflix.

One thing is certain: net neutrality is a government-branded term, like 'The Affordable Care Act'. Simplified explanations sound good, but there's much to be disturbed about under the hood.

Do some research and learn about the incestuous relationships between lobbyists, the FCC and cable companies/ISPs, especially Comcast. Current FCC commissioner Tom Wheeler was a lobbyist for the cable industry and raised over half a million for Obama's campaigns. That doesn't exactly inspire confidence in me that he's looking out for my best interests...

No matter which way the net neutrality door swings, it will have both intended and unintended negative consequences that heavily impact us, the customers. As usual, we're the last ones to be considered and the ones who will have to foot the bill.

[dfwgator]

I have no problem with this...

Netflix makes a lot of money from subscribers, and they generate a lot of bandwidth for it. Somebody has to provide the backbone for that, and they should be compensated.

[plain talk]

It is part of net neutrality debate in regard to QoS. Right now it is best effort Internet and netflix type over the top providers that feed on the host (carriers) take their chances on the underlying connection. I just have a 6M connection and netflix generally works pretty good for standard def with some occasional glitches. But it’s cheap. If people want a premium service with greater guarantees they will have to pay more. I can live with what I have now.

[submarinerswife]

Here I was blaming Netflix for locking up every time I had to rewind the video I was watching by only a few minutes because I missed a little dialog or a scene. The thing would freeze after 40% of progress and I would have to reload Netflix.

Now I realize that it was all because At&T was trying to suck more money out of Netflix? Great. Expect those “fees and tolls” to be passed on to the customer....as always.