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Jamie Jones Silver badge

Re: Probably, but not necessarily ...

" The route the traffic takes it not a factor and here is why. It is Verizon that has stated the congestion is not in the Verizon network, but the companies that Netflix uses. If the link that is congested is from Level-3 to Verizon, then the congestion is right at the front door on Verizon itself which is why Level-3 has stated that they are willing to hook a few more cables up. "

No. As I said, not necessarily.

It is established that the main route for Netflix to Verizon is via level3.

They may, however have a link via (say) Hurricane Electric which happens to be the route used by the ISP the VPN runs under.

If this link isn't saturated, and the VPNs ISPs link to Netflix isn't saturated, then he will get the faster speeds as he will no longer be using the Level3 link. (netflix -> vpn -> Hurricane Electric -> Verizon) without it meaning that Verizon is specifically throttling Netflix.

If he names his VPN provider and/or provides traceroutes, it will be clear. If his VPN also goes via the same Level3 route, then, yes, throttling is being intentionally done. If not, we simply can't be sure based on the evidence so far provided.

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