Netflix and Comcast waged an unusually public war of words this week, escalating tensions between two companies that depend on each other for customers. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings publicly opposed Comcast's proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable, and one of his executives accused Comcast of "double dipping." Comcast fired back, saying Netflix, which is raising subscription fees, is being dishonest with its members. This rare, yet entertaining, slap fight between two corporations strikes at the heart of the net neutrality debate, which took a turn in January when a federal appeals court struck down the Federal Communications Commission's authority to order Internet service providers to...
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