Re:Netflix Agrees to Pay Comcast to End Web Traffic Jam
by zaidf on Sunday February 23, 2014 @03:17PM
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Will amazons' customers be okay if UPS charged an additional fee to amazon's customers to receive their packages?
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Re:Netflix Agrees to Pay Comcast to End Web Traffic Jam
by hellgas00 on Monday February 24, 2014 @10:47AM
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This situation is more akin to Amazon building it's warehouse on UPS's land to get shipments out (for a fee of course). The prior situation would be if amazon shipped via US post to UPS, then UPS ships to destination. Ideally the fee to use UPS (Comcast) land would be less than the fee to ship the product via US post (cogent) to UPS. The reduction in transit time also factors in to the decision Netflix made.