Comments on: Is Netflix Throttling PC Streaming In Favor Of Xbox 360? | Or Is It Those Pesky ISPs Again? http://www.webtvwire.com/is-netflix-throttling-pc-streaming-in-favor-of-xbox-360-or-is-it-those-pesky-isps-again/ The Business of Internet Television and Video Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:46:31 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tim http://www.webtvwire.com/is-netflix-throttling-pc-streaming-in-favor-of-xbox-360-or-is-it-those-pesky-isps-again/comment-page-1/#comment-104169 Tim Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:16:21 +0000 http://www.webtvwire.com/?p=4577#comment-104169 Well, I have seen netflix rise in popularity, especially amid the unemployment and the recession. And what you are saying could be true, yet seems that netflix is looking to the future on how to make money and that future is streaming. Perhaps they are betting it will work their way. If they are right , they make a killing, if they don't...they end up on the floor of the stock exchange. Well, I have seen netflix rise in popularity, especially amid the unemployment and the recession. And what you are saying could be true, yet seems that netflix is looking to the future on how to make money and that future is streaming. Perhaps they are betting it will work their way. If they are right , they make a killing, if they don’t…they end up on the floor of the stock exchange.

]]> By: Dan Rayburn http://www.webtvwire.com/is-netflix-throttling-pc-streaming-in-favor-of-xbox-360-or-is-it-those-pesky-isps-again/comment-page-1/#comment-104119 Dan Rayburn Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:42:14 +0000 http://www.webtvwire.com/?p=4577#comment-104119 This isn't even debatable. Netflix can't throttle anything since they are not a delivery network. They don't serve the streams, Limelight and Level 3 do. How can Netflix "throttle" something they aren't delivering? And in the original article you point to, the Break It Down Blog, the author is complaining that the quality on the XBOX 360 is much better than the PC watch now service. Of course it is, that's because content for the XBOX 360 is encoded at higher bitrates, which Netflix discusses on their blog: http://blog.netflix.com/2008/11/encoding-for-streaming.html The author on the Break It Down Blog may very well be having issues with streaming to his PC, but it's not as a result of Netflix doing anything. Not to mention, Netflix is all about keeping customers happy. Why would they make his viewing experience crappy on purpose? It's silly. The Break It Down Blog post lacks common sense. This isn’t even debatable. Netflix can’t throttle anything since they are not a delivery network. They don’t serve the streams, Limelight and Level 3 do. How can Netflix “throttle” something they aren’t delivering?

And in the original article you point to, the Break It Down Blog, the author is complaining that the quality on the XBOX 360 is much better than the PC watch now service. Of course it is, that’s because content for the XBOX 360 is encoded at higher bitrates, which Netflix discusses on their blog: http://blog.netflix.com/2008/11/encoding-for-streaming.html

The author on the Break It Down Blog may very well be having issues with streaming to his PC, but it’s not as a result of Netflix doing anything. Not to mention, Netflix is all about keeping customers happy. Why would they make his viewing experience crappy on purpose? It’s silly. The Break It Down Blog post lacks common sense.

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