Netflix opposes data cap exemptions, except when it benefits from them

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings in 2012 accused Comcast of “no longer following net neutrality principles” by exempting its own online video service from data caps. “Comcast should apply caps equally, or not at all,” Hastings argued.

But now Netflix has a chance to benefit from such differential treatment, and it’s not turning the opportunity down. Netflix is launching its streaming video service in Australia on March 24, and its content will not count against data caps enforced by iiNet, a large Internet service provider there.

Customers “will have access to as much Netflix content as they like, without it counting against their monthly quota,” iiNet announced yesterday.

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