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July15,2015
Ms.MarleneDortch
FederalCommunicationsCommission
445TwelfthStreet,SW
Washington,DC20554
Re:ApplicationofCharterCommunications,Inc.,TimeWarnerCableInc.,and
Advance/NewhousePartnershipForConsenttotheTransferofControlofLicensesand
Authorizations,MBDocketNo.15149.
NetflixhasreviewedChartersnewpeeringpolicyanditscommitmenttoextendthispolicyto
theTimeWarnerCableandBrightHousefootprints.
Netflixslongstandingsupportforanopeninterconnectionpolicyisdesignedtoensurethat
consumersgettheonlinecontenttheywantatthebroadbandspeedstheypayfor.Chartersnew
peeringpolicyisawelcomeandsignificantdeparturefromtheeffortsofsomeISPstocollect
accesstollsontheInternet.Charterspolicywillpromoteefficientinterconnectionwithonline
contentprovidersandwiththetransitandcontentdeliveryservicesthatsmalleronlinecontent
providersrelyontoreachtheirconsumers.Chartersendorsementofthepolicyasan
enforceablemergerconditionwillensurethatconsumerswillreceivethefastconnectionspeeds
theyexpect.
NetflixbelievesthatthisnewpolicyandthecommitmenttoapplyitacrosstheNewCharter
footprintisasubstantialpublicinterestbenefitandwillsupportscalingtheInternettomeet
consumersgrowingdemandforonlineservicesandhelpfostercontinuedinnovationacrossthe
Internetecosystem.Accordingly,NetflixsupportstheproposedCharterTimeWarnerCable
transactionifitincorporatesthemergerconditionproposedbyCharter.
Sincerely,
ChristopherD.Libertelli
VicePresident|GlobalPublicPolicy
NetflixInc.
cc:
ChairmanTomWheeler
CommissionerMignonClyburn
CommissionerJessicaRosenworcel
CommissionerAjitPai
CommissionerMichaelORielly
JonathanSallet,GeneralCounsel,
BillLake,MediaBureauChief
MindelDeLaTorre,InternationalBureauChief
MatthewDelNero,WirelineCompetitionBureauChief
RogerSherman,WirelessTelecommunicationsBureauChief
OwenM.Kendler,OfficeofGeneralCounsel