Internet

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Time Warner Cable (TWC) should not be mad at Netflix for only making its Super HD-formattedncontent available to ISPs that join Netflix’s Open Connect content delivery network (CDN), said HaroldnFeld, Public Knowledge senior vice president, in a blog post Thursday (http://xrl.us/bobd2g). A day earlier,nTWC said in a statement that Netflix was “closing off access to some of its content while seeking unprecedentednpreferential treatment from ISPs” (CD Jan 18 p18). Netflix had encountered peering troublenwhen Comcast forced Level 3 Communications, Netflix’s then-transport ISP, to pay to connect rather thannenter a peering agreement, Feld said Thursday. “It was fairly predictable after that (and after Comcast announcingnthat its Xfinity content would get special treatment when streamed to Comcast subscribers) thatnNetflix would do the Free Market thing and fight back,” he said. Fred Campbell, president of the CommunicationsnLiberty and Innovation Project, said Thursday in a separate blog post that Netflix’s actionsnthreatened Internet freedom. “Netflix’s goal is to coerce ISPs into paying for a free Internet fast lane fornNetflix content,” Campbell said (http://xrl.us/bobdz8). “If Netflix succeeds, it would harm Internet consumersnand competition among video streaming providers. It would also fundamentally alter the economicsnand openness of the Internet."