Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs

Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs by one2zero on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @09:57AM (#20695578)

I assumed the extra cost was not because of the unrestricted bandwidth (Granted I have Xfinity in Chicago and only pay $15 a month for unlimited on Gigabit)but because of the static IP(s) associated with the service. In addition I would assume that trouble calls are elevated over that of a home user with quicker response times.

Just looking at Biz service vs home and assuming that's because of unlimited bandwidth is 1:1, there's more going on there that's different between the two.

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Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs by vel0city on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @11:57AM (#20696846)

Until a few years ago the cost to get additional IP addresses on most business ISPs was pretty minimal. The ISP my company uses does not even charge for additional IP addresses, you just need to give good reasons for why you need a larger IP space. With a previous ISP, additional IP addresses were about $10/mo but the cost of service was easily 3-4x similar rated speeds as a residential connection. Most of the additional cost is due to increased capacity planning and faster service times.

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