Netflix exec: Canada's broadband caps "almost a human rights violation"

Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos expressed his disapproval about broadband caps and usage-based- billing employed by Canadian ISPs during an investor event Thursday afternoon.

"It's almost a human rights violation what they're charging for internet access in Canada," Sarandos said during the Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & Entertainment conference in Los Angeles Wednesday.

Sarandos was referring to the low broadband caps in place at Canadian ISPs like Bell and Shaw, which force their customers to pay more if they exceed monthly caps that can start at just 15 GB. Netflix has sharply criticized broadband pricing in Canada before, with CEO Reed Hastings calling caps and overage fees like these "grossly overpriced."

Sarandos said also that business in Canada could be better if broadband access came without caps and expensive overage fees:

"The problem in Canada is... they have almost third-world access to the internet."

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