Level 3 on Friday continued the battle with a lengthy FAQ that again accused Comcast of using its dominant market position to make more money off partners like Level 3, and denied that the dispute has anything to do with its Netflix contract.

Adobe vs. Apple? Microsoft vs. Google? Forget it. The latest tech battle is Level 3 vs. Comcast.

Level 3 on Friday continued the fight with a lengthy FAQ that again accused Comcast of using its dominant market position to make more money off partners like Level 3. The company also denied that the dispute has anything to do with Netflix.

"Internet carriers that have content requested by Comcast subscribers have no choice but to exchange traffic with Comcast. Comcast is using this dominant position to demand payment for traffic delivered at its customers' requests. You simply cannot 'route around' Comcast to provide requested content to Comcast's subscribers," Level 3 said.

Earlier this week, of violating the principles of net neutrality when it demanded that Level 3 pay a recurring fee for transmitting online movies and other content to Comcast customers. Comcast responded that the deal it offered Level 3 is the same it offers its other content delivery providers, and accused Level 3 of wanting to double the amount of traffic it delivers to Comcast's network, for free.

Level 3 shot down that argument Friday.

"It is Comcast that wants to change the rules of the game. Comcast wants to use its local access network dominance as leverage to force Level 3 to pay for traffic requested by Comcast customers that already pay Comcast for access to that same content," Level 3 said. "Having sold broadband access services to its customers, Comcast wants to sell the same service again to Level 3 and other networks connected to Comcast. If the dispute were simply 'commercial,' the dispute would have already been settled or would never have arisen in the first place."

Level 3 operates a broadband backbone network. If a Comcast customer requests an online movie or game, for example, Level 3 will transmit that content to Comcast and Comcast will provide it to the customer.

Given that Level 3 recently for streaming capabilities, there were concerns that this might lead to a disruption of Netflix service for Comcast customers.

Level 3 said that the dispute is "not about Netflix or our agreement with Netflix. Rather, it is about preserving a free and open Internet."

For its part, Comcast said earlier this week that any problem it is having with Level 3 will not affect customers' access to Netflix.

"Any rumors about blocking Netflix are false," Comcast said. "Our customers can and do watch video from any online video provider, including Netflix and dozens of others, on our high-speed Internet service. And, regardless of how this dispute with Level 3 turns out, that will continue to be the case."

Level 3 said the fight is related to the . "Level 3 is not asking the government to regulate the Internet. We are simply asking appropriate government bodies to require Comcast, in its capacity as a residential broadband Internet access provider, to comply with the nondiscriminatory procedures that Comcast has historically complied with and is required to follow."

Comcast issued a brief response to Level 3's missive stating briefly that "Level 3 has said nothing new."

"The fact remains this is a business dispute regarding traffic ratios, commonly referred to as peering, between Comcast and Level 3 which we are committed to resolve fairly and consistently with established industry principles," Comcast said in a blog post. " The most important thing to know about this dispute is that Comcast will do absolutely nothing to impact our high-speed Internet customers, who can and will be able to access any Internet content they want, including streaming video from all sources."