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Re:FCC chair: An Internet fast lane would be ‘commercially u... by BryantD on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @01:19PM (#7779434)
I don't think "Netflix feels cheated" is necessarily accurate. It's entirely plausible that Netflix's PR stance is not aligned with the internal understanding of appropriate pricing.
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Re:FCC chair: An Internet fast lane would be ‘commercially u... by NoMoreNicksLeft on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @01:28PM (#7779488)
That would be even worse if true.

That means the public is composed of blithering imbeciles who rally to inane causes without even understanding what's going on. Please, I beg all the gods that you are wrong.

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Re:FCC chair: An Internet fast lane would be ‘commercially u... by Aloha on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @02:03PM (#7779742)
> That means the public is composed of blithering imbeciles who rally to inane causes without even understanding what's going on.

This has been my overall experience when dealing with people on the internet or otherwise.

I agree with you, for what its worth - Settlement only works if traffic is near symmetrical otherwise some money needs to change hands. It's just a matter of who is doing the paying for the extra bandwidth, it all has an incremental cost, and someone at least has to pay for the bearer.

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