[173584] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Richard Bennett, NANOG posting, and Integrity
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Palmer)
Mon Jul 28 20:08:07 2014
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From: Matt Palmer <mpalmer@hezmatt.org>
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On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 01:38:03PM -0700, Michael Thomas wrote:
> On 7/28/14, 12:39 PM, William Herrin wrote:
> >And continued selling the product as described, long beyond any
> >reasonable doubt their customers expected it to work with Netflix. Right
> >through this very minute and beyond.
>
> It would be amusing to see Netflix just call their bluff. And maybe donate
> some lawyers for the inevitable class action lawsuit for false advertising
> against the eyeball networks. I imagine other self-interested 900lb
> gorillas might join the fun too.
I think we've seen the first shots of this battle fired already -- Netflix
was putting up notices saying "your video is crap because $ISP is congested"
for a little while. I expect that wasn't the last we'll see of that kind of
tactic.
- Matt
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