Netflix's Hastings Slams Comcast in Blog Calling for Stronger Net Neutrality

Calls out cable giant just 1 month after agreeing to pay for access

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings took to his company's blog Thursday to call for Washington and the Federal Communications Commission to pass stronger net neutrality rules so that Netflix doesn't have to keep paying "Internet tolls" to powerful ISPs to deliver its content to consumers, like its recent deal with Comcast.

In February, Netflix, the video service that sucks up a third of the Internet traffic in prime time, agreed to pay Comcast for direct access to its network servers to help unclog the logjam Comcast had in delivering Netflix content to its subscribers. 

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