Netflix streaming speeds see major boost after Comcast payouts

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Surprise! Paying off Comcast does have its benefits. Less than two months after coming to a peering arrangement with Comcast where it agreed to make regular payments to the cable giant to ensure high-quality streaming for its customers, Netflix reported that average streaming speeds have surged by 65% on Comcast's network. In fact, the increase in streaming speeds was so large that Comcast jumped ahead a full six spots in Netflix's rankings of Internet service providers and now is the fifth-fastest ISP for Netflix streaming in the United States with an average speed of 2.5Mbps.
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