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Re:S.Korea broadband firm sues Netflix after traffic surge f... by tgv on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:24AM (#28717010)
Akshually ... that could make a bit of sense. Instead of paying for bandwidth you rarely use to your ISP, you could pay for bandwidth you actually use to the content provider.

However, that would leave free content inaccessible, and probably create another wealth divide.

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Re:S.Korea broadband firm sues Netflix after traffic surge f... by Jensson on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:28AM (#28717048)
But bandwidth is really cheap and this problem doesn't exist anywhere else. Worst case the ISP can increase their rates by a couple of dollars and improve their cables.
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Re:S.Korea broadband firm sues Netflix after traffic surge f... by tgv on Friday October 01, 2021 @07:32AM (#28717093)
No argument from me. I just saw a tiny bit of logic behind another model of balancing the costs. The ISP would still have to upgrade the infrastructure in the end (although my model could lead to e.g. Netflix buying up ISPs).
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