Netflix in row over net neutrality support

As streaming service teams up with Australian ISP for preferential treatment, it's forced to clarify US executive's comments on broadband caps

Netflix has been accused of hypocrisy after it revealed it had teamed up with Australian ISP iiNet to obtain preferential treatment despite being a long-time proponent of net neutrality.

The news comes as it attempts to explain seemingly contradictory statements from its own chief financial officer, who told a media and technology conference that the company wasn't pleased with the US Federal Communications Commission's decision to regulate the internet as a "Title II" public utility, akin to telephone lines.