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Verizon: Netflix' PR stunt is deliberately misleading

article published on 4 June, 2014

Verizon has responded to reports that Netflix is informing subscribers during buffering that its network is 'crowded right now', saying the streaming giant is being deliberately misleading. We reported earlier that Netflix was essentially identifying Verizon (and reports also suggest AT&T) as the cause of buffering issues that can result in video quality settings being re-adjusted for ... [ read the full article ]

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hearme0
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_ 		4. June 2014 @ 21:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Nothing other than finger-pointing and "he said/she said"

Netflix limiting the stream potential TO VERIZON'S NETWORK sounds a little far fetched.

In fact............cellular networks DO GET overcrowded....PERIOD so it's possible.
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Burnasty
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_ 		4. June 2014 @ 21:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i dont think this article refers to the cellular networks but rather their fios networks
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Dela
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_ 		4. June 2014 @ 21:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Burnasty:
 i dont think this article refers to the cellular networks but rather their fios networks

You'd be right :-) cellular is Verizon Wireless :-)
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