Netflix CEO Reed Hastings lashed out against cable provider Comcast via his Facebook page on Sunday. The subject: Net neutrality and data caps.
Hastings accused Comcast of offering preferential treatment to its own content with its Xbox 360 Xfinity app.
“As he explained on his Facebook page, his complaint is that when Comcast subscribers watch Netflix, Hulu, or HBO Go on their Xbox consoles, it counts against their monthly data limits,” reports CNET. “However, subscribers who use Xfinity don’t have their limits dinged, suggesting that Comcast is giving its service preferential treatment to keep subscribers on the service rather than straying over to Netflix.”
Hastings claims that Comcast’s policy of exempting the app from data caps while enforcing the policy for rival providers violates the spirit of Net neutrality.
“Comcast no longer following Net neutrality principles. Comcast should apply caps equally, or not at all,” he wrote via Facebook. “The same device, the same IP address, the same Wi-Fi, the same Internet connection, but totally different cap treatment. In what way is this neutral?”
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