netflix/comcast agreement, traceroute, &c

This 

http://blog.streamingmedia.com/2014/02/media-botching-coverage-netflix-comcast-deal-getting-basics-wrong.html 

is an interesting article.   It discusses the deal between netflix & comcast announced over the weekend & how video quality is influenced by the interconnection of netflix & comcast via the third party CDN's.    

Additional background:

http://blog.streamingmedia.com/2014/02/netflixs-streaming-quality-based-business-decisions-isps-net-neutrality.html