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AmIFirstToThink | 7 years ago

As a consumer, I am precisely buying the right to download from those content providers as fast as possible using my speed tier (10 Mbps or 1 Gbps). I am paying the ISP to get that data.

When I ship a package, post office doesn't get to charge the recipient of the package after charging the sender for the shipment?

Why would a Internet user buy ISP service if the users can't get the content from other users on the internet, be it content providers or other end users i.e. peer-to-peer?

I pay $70 for internet service precisely because I can watch youtube/netflix over my internet connection.

ISPs asking youtube/netflix to pay on top of that is ridiculous.

It is actually the ISPs who should be sharing revenue with content providers. Without that content, nobody will buy that high-bandwidth internet connection at high price point.

Netflix charges $11 per month for their service. Comcast charges $70 per month for their service.

It is Comcast who should be paying the content providers that their customers use the most.

How many people got internet connection so that they can watch Netflix and YouTube? If Netflix and YouTube stopped serving customers of an ISP, how many would stay with that ISP?

Would Comcast's services be in such demand if there was no services like Netflix or YouTube? It is not that Netflix and YouTube are making Comcast spend more, but without Netflix and YouTube nobody will buy Comcast's high tier connections. Everybody will just use $15 10Mbps connection.

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