While I think this may well be the reason for Netflix’s actions, do you have any evidence to back up this claim?
Actual evidence vs. just a very good educated guess and speculation could prove very useful in this circumstance. Owen > On Jun 6, 2016, at 7:59 AM, Matthew Huff <mh...@ox.com> wrote: > > Netflix IS acting in their user's best interest. In order to provide content > that the user's want, the content providers have mandated that they do their > due diligence to block out of region users including VPN and open tunnel > access. As Hulu and Amazon prime become more popular and their contracts with > the content provides come due, they will have to also. > > You can argue about the content provides business model all you want, but > Netflix has to do what they are doing. They aren't blocking IPv6 users, they > are blocking users that are using VPNs and/or tunnels since their currently > is no practical way of providing GEOIP information about that users that the > content providers require. > > > ---- > Matthew Huff | 1 Manhattanville Rd > Director of Operations | Purchase, NY 10577 > OTA Management LLC | Phone: 914-460-4039 > aim: matthewbhuff | Fax: 914-694-5669 > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Scott Morizot >> Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 10:50 AM >> To: Mark Tinka <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> >> Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org> >> Subject: Re: Netflix VPN detection - actual engineer needed >> >> I have Hulu Plus and Amazon Prime. The only thing I would miss from >> Netflix >> is their Marvel original series. And I can live with that. I can't live >> without my IPv6 enabled home network and Internet connection since >> that's >> an essential part of my job. (I'm the IPv6 transition technical lead >> for a >> large organization.) While I actually manage my home internet gateway >> through a linux server and have fine-grained control over the firewall >> rules, I'm still debating whether I care enough about a handful of >> series >> to continue paying a company that is deliberately acting against its >> users' >> interests. Right now I'm leaning toward no. But I'll discuss it with my >> wife before making a final decision. >> >> Scott >> >> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 8:03 AM, Mark Tinka <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 6/Jun/16 01:45, Damian Menscher wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Who are these non-technical Netflix users who accidentally stumbled >> into >>>> having a HE tunnel broker connection without their knowledge? I >> wasn't >>>> aware this sort of thing could happen without user consent, and >> would >>> like >>>> to know if I'm wrong. Only thing I can imagine is if ISPs are >> using HE >>> as >>>> a form of CGN. >>> >>> There are several networks around the world that rely on 6-in-4 >> because >>> their local provider does not offer IPv6. >>> >>> Mark. >>>
