Huge ISPs want per-GB payments from Netflix, YouTube

Re:Huge ISPs want per-GB payments from Netflix, YouTube by mayank on Monday January 31, 2011 @05:35PM (#2163485)

If we're on analogies, this is like the USPS deciding in the early 2000s that you have to pay to receive mail as well as to send it. eBay and Amazon have just made it big and resulted in a massive increase in package deliveries, so USPS decides to double-dip and get a slice of the Internet pie.

Also, the cost of postage does not go down -- their revenues just go up.

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Re:Huge ISPs want per-GB payments from Netflix, YouTube by tertius on Monday January 31, 2011 @10:10PM (#2164258)

Sounds like text messages in the U.S.

Very strange when I got here from South Africa.

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Re:Huge ISPs want per-GB payments from Netflix, YouTube by protomyth on Monday January 31, 2011 @05:46PM (#2163515)

Yep, except you have to add FedEx, UPS, etc. won't carry your packages because they don't serve your area.

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Re:Huge ISPs want per-GB payments from Netflix, YouTube by _delirium on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @02:33AM (#2164811)

That used to be the case, and was one of the things the USPS used to complain about--- they were legally mandated to deliver to every valid postal address in the U.S., while UPS and FedEx could exclude unprofitable remote areas. It appears both UPS and FedEx now promise delivery to every U.S. address; would be curious to know when that happened. They do, unlike the USPS, levy a surcharge for delivery to areas deemed "remote", though.

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Re:Huge ISPs want per-GB payments from Netflix, YouTube by quag on Monday January 31, 2011 @06:14PM (#2163603)

Before stamps, there were two options: pay someone to deliver the letter or pay when you receive the letter.

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