*Google, Netflix, and Facebook ask FCC to intervene in fight over internet 'congestion'* Tech titans want the feds to weigh in on the growing dispute over interconnection fees By Ben Popper on July 14, 2014 10:22 am4 inShare <javascript:void(0);> The Internet Association, a trade group composed of some of the biggest tech companies in the world, has filed comment <http://internetassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Comments.pdf> with the FCC asking it to intervene in the conflict over payments being demanded by big ISPs. According to a report in /The Hill/ <http://thehill.com/policy/technology/212104-tech-giants-push-feds-on-interne...>, companies like Comcast and Verizon are charging Netflix and others for direct interconnection to their networks, a move which allows these companies to bypass congestion and avoid service issues like video buffering. The group wrote in its letter that "interconnection should not be used as a choke point to artificially slow traffic or extract unreasonable tolls." [...] Continua qui: http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/14/5897743/google-netflix-facebook-fcc-interc...