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061813 NetflixBuilding4?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1395516844165Netflix(NEW YORK) — Netflix CEO Reed Hastings wants consumers and government regulators to stand up for stronger net neutrality rules. In a new blog post on Thursday, Hastings ripped the largest Internet service providers for poor service.

“The essence of net neutrality is that ISPs such as AT&T and Comcast don’t restrict, influence or otherwise meddle with the choices consumers make,” Hastings wrote.

The Netflix CEO says that Cablevision, for example, practices strong net neutrality, but at “other big ISPs, due to a lack of sufficient interconnectivity, Netflix performance has been constrained, subjecting consumers who pay a lot of money for high-speed Internet to high buffering rates, long wait times and poor video quality.”

Net neutrality is supposed to ensure that all online content is equally accessible. Many Netflix customers have complained about connectivity issues, especially during primetime.

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