On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (lopser)
<[email protected]> wrote:

> So I VPN'd into work (We have a non-split-tunnel VPN available), and then we
> can watch it, no problem.  It's the same content, being delivered over the
> same network, only it's encrypted and hidden from FiOS's routers.  There's
> no other explanation, simply, caught red handed.

You've got the right fix, but for the wrong reason.  It's not the
encryption, it's the routing.

Basically Verizon has a great big unsaturated network.  Level 3 (who
hosts a lot of Netflix content) has a great big unsaturated network.
The peering point between the two networks is 100% utilized.  There's
good info on it here:

http://blog.level3.com/global-connectivity/verizons-accidental-mea-culpa/

When you VPN into work, you're now using Verizon's peering point with
whatever ISP hosts your company, which is unsaturated.  Then your
movie streams over the Level 3 peering point with your company's ISP.
You effectively route around their damage.

-- 
Greg
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