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Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs by adam12 on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @09:42AM (#20695446)
I'd be ok with that if it was actually causing problems for the ISP.

It is not, though.

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Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs by microcolonel on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @10:08AM (#20695685)
ISPs are charged directly for peering.
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Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs by maxsilver on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @10:35AM (#20695964)
ISPs charge for peering, they don't pay for it, they get paid for it.

https://qz.com/256586/the-inside-story-of-how-netflix-came-t...

https://www.comcasttechnologysolutions.com/our-portfolio/who...

On occasion, if you are an important enough customer, they'll give you peering for free - https://www.xfinity.com/peering . But they'd rather sell you Paid Peering (for obvious reasons)

Generally speaking ISPs don't pay anything for peering. (Unless they are smaller/local ISPs/WISPs or similar, who have to purchase backhaul or upstream to be able to offer service.)

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