A Massachusetts Institute of Technology study lends credence...

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology study lends credence to the view that Netflix “allowed congestion to increase until it affected its performance” in order to “gain bargaining leverage” with Comcast, wrote Center for Boundless Innovation in Technology Executive Director Fred Campbell in an op-ed (http://bit.ly/1scg0xN) in the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman Wednesday. Campbell cited an MIT and Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis study (http://bit.ly/1oGQoJG) that said Netflix forced its traffic “through clogged delivery routes, when less congested channels were available.” Netflix was not immediately available for comment.