Ed Krayewski on What’s Good About the Netflix-Comcast Deal

Last weekend, Netflix and
Comcast reached a deal to allow Netflix to connect directly to
Comcast’s servers to stream video content. The deal means Netflix
subscribers who use Comcast can expect a smoother experience, with
less buffering and pixilation. Perhaps more importantly, the
deal shouldn’t cost Netflix subscribers or Comcast users
any extra money. What it does do is handle the reality that Netflix
accounts for up to a third of U.S. internet traffic in peak hours
in a way that improves the consumer experience. And that’s a good
thing, writes Ed Krayewski, no matter how much net neutrality
proponents try to fit a round peg into a square hole.

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