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A comment on GOP net neutrality bill would allow paid fast lanes and preempt state laws. Parent comment

Re:GOP net neutrality bill would allow paid fast lanes and p... by Brockenstein on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @09:29AM (#15969762)
Not in the sense of:

Dear Netflix, if you want to service our customers you need to pay us a $10 million dollars a year.

Dear Customer with 30mbps service, Netflix takes a lot of bandwidth and we're just a poor multi-billion dollar ISP and can't afford to shoulder the burden. But if you pay an additional $9.99 a month we can probably scrape up the bandwidth to let you watch Netflix in HD ($29.99 for 4k)

Also see our other premium options. Have the freedom to pick which services are right for you! Hulu: $9.99 Amazon Video: $9.99 Apple Music: $5.99 YouTube: $7.99

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Re:GOP net neutrality bill would allow paid fast lanes and p... by ryanlol on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:06PM (#15972690)
How would this actually work in the somewhat competitive and very low-margin ISP market?

What you’re describing just sounds like suicide.

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Re:GOP net neutrality bill would allow paid fast lanes and p... by fzeroracer on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:44PM (#15973017)
Same reason why ISPs pushed out data caps despite it being a 'somewhat competitive' market and people coming out hard against it.

Because it's not competitive at all.

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