Cogent blames Comcast for prior Netflix slowdown

Published May 8, 2014 10:19pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief executive of one of the nation’s largest providers of the Internet’s backbone on Thursday blamed cable giant Comcast for a slowdown in Netflix streaming traffic over the last two years.

Cogent Communications Group Inc. CEO Dave Schaeffer made the comments at a congressional hearing about Comcast’s proposed $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable Inc. on Thursday.

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