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Cogent says AT&T has incentive to harm rival video services if DirecTV deal approved

( May 1, 2015, 15:19 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: AT&T has an incentive to restrict rival online video services if it buys DirecTV, the second-biggest US pay-television service, Robert M. Cooper, a lawyer for Internet services provider Cogent Communications said in a letter Thursday to the Federal Communications Commission. Downloading problems related to video from online service Netflix were "a deliberate congestion-creating strategy that AT&T employed in an ultimately successful effort to extract payment for the acceptance of Netflix content," Cooper wrote. If the FCC approves the AT&T-DirecTV deal, it should impose conditions previously recommended by Cogent, he said. The letter was posted on the FCC's website Friday.See attached document....

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