Netflix blames Verizon for slow service
Netflix released a message blaming the Verizon network when some of their subscribers experienced slow video service.

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So Netflix is blaming Verizon for slow video service. Some Netflix subscribers actually saw this message when the video cut out this way and it reads: “The Verizon network is crowded right now. Adjusting video for smoother playback.” Let’s bring in business correspondent Alison Korsik at the New York Stock Exchange. How and I imagine they are, how is Verizon responding to this Netflix jam?
Rihana,, Verizon is threatening to take legal action against Netflix, so it’s getting pretty nasty in the same box between Verizon and Netflix out this point. And it is all about those connections speeds. Kind of interesting timing when you think about season II of “Orange is the new black” now available. Interesting timing there. So what Netflix is essentially doing is it’s been flushing these messages to Verizon customers. This is happening as the screen buffers. And it’s blaming Verizon for the slow download speeds that you were maybe dealing with, you know, to go ahead and watch their movies and their shows. It’s kind of surprising because you think about what happen back in April. Netflix actually became kind of buddies with Verizon and other internet service providers, because Netflix actually agreed to pay them to improve the streaming quality of Netflix videos. But apparently viewers who have Verizon specifically have seen a whole lot of buffering these days. So Verizon after learning about Netflix putting on these messages became irate so much so that it issued a season to seize letter to Netflix, saying what Netflix is doing is “a PR stunt. It’s inaccurate and it’s misleading.” However, Netflix also signed a similar deal with Comcas earlier in the year, and says download speeds are actually faster with that cable provider, which is kind of interesting. Now Netflix did twit its response to the Verizon letter, saying this is about people not getting what they paid for from their internet service provider. Rihana.
Man oh man. So who was the stronger leg to stand on here? Verizon or Netflix?
You know, I talked with analyst Dan Reburn. He says it’s Verizon who really has the stronger leg to stand on, because Netflix, he says, hasn’t shown any proof of Verizon actually slowing down streaming speeds. He says Verizon has every right to threaten legal action because he says that Netflix is gonna call Verizon out into public, then Netflix has to go ahead and prove it. Netflix has yet to do so. Even though Reburn says it would be easier to prove where the congestion is, how it’s happening, when it’s happening, but Netflix isn’t doing that yet.