Comcast

Comcast

Level 3 Communications, a central partner in the Netflix online movie service, Comcast on Monday accused of charging a fee that puts a new Internet video companies at a competitive disadvantage.

Level 3, Which helps to deliver Netflix’s streaming movies, said Comcast had effectively erected a tollbooth that “threatens the open Internet,” and indicated that it would seek government intervention. Comcast quickly denied that the clash had anything to do with network neutrality, instead calling it “a simple commercial dispute.”