Netflix War of Words With Verizon on Slow Service Escalates

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Netflix Inc., facing a threat of legal action from Verizon Communications Inc., said it will continue to display on-screen messages that blame broadband providers for slow-loading videos.

“This is about consumers not getting what they paid for from their broadband providers,” Jonathan Friedland, a Netflix spokesman, said by e-mail yesterday.