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Re:Verizon Throttles Netflix Subscribers in Test It Doesn't ... by shuntress on Monday July 24, 2017 @02:08PM (#14841055)
>that's about $20 per user to support Netflix's business model that people seem to think it's Comcast's responsibility to pay.

So what is my $80/mo Comcast Internet Service supposed to be buying me?

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Re:Verizon Throttles Netflix Subscribers in Test It Doesn't ... by LanceH on Monday July 24, 2017 @03:28PM (#14841821)
Lobbying.

Seriously, though, could someone do a traceroute and tells me who pays for each hop?

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Re:Verizon Throttles Netflix Subscribers in Test It Doesn't ... by jerkstate on Monday July 24, 2017 @04:55PM (#14842600)
Telecom and Internet lobbying aren't all that different: https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=B09&yea... https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=B13&yea...

Alphabet spends more on lobbying than Comcast.

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Re:Verizon Throttles Netflix Subscribers in Test It Doesn't ... by wmf on Monday July 24, 2017 @04:01PM (#14842115)
Basically you (the customer) pay for the last mile and Netflix is getting extorted into paying for the rest.
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Re:Verizon Throttles Netflix Subscribers in Test It Doesn't ... by Spivak on Monday July 24, 2017 @04:44PM (#14842501)
Not just the last mile but the peering agreements that your last-mile ISP has with either a backbone provider and/or other networks.
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