1. Netflix is currently using Cogent
2. Comcast offered them a direct connection to their network via paid-peering.
3. Netflix agreed and will move over.
4. Nothing about net neutrality was mentioned in the article.
This deal is being referred to as paid-peering. Peering is a practice performed at ISPs where two ISPs hook up infrastructure and agree to maintain their sides without charging for bandwidth. Peering is a common practice among the industry, and content-providers are always looking for ways to peer with more ISPs because it drives down their overall cost of operations.
The article says nothing about net neutrality. We don't have enough information to say whether net neutrality was harmed in this deal. We can only speculate at this time. Hopefully we will hear more from Netflix on this.
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