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[shuntress]

>that's about $20 per user to support Netflix's business model that people seem to think it's Comcast's responsibility to pay.

So what is my $80/mo Comcast Internet Service supposed to be buying me?

[LanceH → shuntress]

Lobbying.

Seriously, though, could someone do a traceroute and tells me who pays for each hop?

[jerkstate → LanceH]

Telecom and Internet lobbying aren't all that different: https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=B09&yea... https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=B13&yea...

Alphabet spends more on lobbying than Comcast.

[wmf → LanceH]

Basically you (the customer) pay for the last mile and Netflix is getting extorted into paying for the rest.

[Spivak → wmf]

Not just the last mile but the peering agreements that your last-mile ISP has with either a backbone provider and/or other networks.