Netflix CEO argues for strong net neutrality and slams ISPs for ‘extracting a toll because they can’

Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings argued for a stronger form of net neutrality today, while blasting large Internet service providers (ISPs) for throttling its service until it pays additional fees. “Some big ISPs are extracting a toll because they can — they effectively control access to millions of consumers and are willing to sacrifice the interests of their own customers to press Netflix and others to pay,” he said in a blog post. Netflix’s founder was frank about the company’s current predicament. Some, but not all ISPs in the United States are now restricting its movie and TV streaming service,...



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