Netflix says the problems some of its users are having with netflix streaming is not its fault but because of throttling by ISPs.
Neil Hunt, Netflix’s chief product officer posted to the Netflix blog earlier today that the problems some users are facing with Netflix’s streaming service is as a result of how ISPs handle traffic and is in no way an indication that Netflix is throttling their service. This should not come as a surprise to anyone who’s in the industry as the idea of Netflix throttling their own service on purpose simply lacks common sense.
Not to mention, this whole issue isn’t even debatable since Netflix is not the delivery network pushing out the streams and has no control over any network. They don’t serve the streams, Limelight and Level 3 do. How can Netflix “throttle” something they aren’t delivering?