Netflix spat with Verizon gets amusing -

After "persuading" Netflix into paying more money for its internet connection, Verizon might have expected the content provider to be a little meek in its dealings with the comms company in the future.

Verizon gave Netflix a Chinese burn until it paid up to stop the company throttling its bandwidth, er... applying sensible network management.

However it is clear that Netflix has decided to keep pulling Verizon's chain about its rubbish service.

Last week, Verizon sent a cease and desist letter to Netflix threatening a lawsuit unless Netflix immediately stops sending notices blaming Verizon for poor quality. Verizon also demanded a list of all customers who received such messages and evidence that each message was justified.

Verizon says its stellar reputation is hurt when Netflix blames it for bad video.


Netflix General Counsel David Hyman hit back saying that the messages the company is sending to consumers are part of a "test" that's ending next week.




While Netflix agreed to pay for a direct connection to its network more than a month ago, Verizon hasn't established enough links with Netflix to improve quality and promises only that the upgrade will be done by the end of 2014.


Verizon's claimed that it is Netflix which is responsible for poor quality, saying that "Netflix chose to continue sending its traffic over these congested routes."

Hyman said that Verizon actually upsells customers to higher speed packages based on improved access to video services, including Netflix. However it refuses to augment its access ports to major internet backbone providers. In short it is making customers pay for services they are not getting.
