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LanceH on July 24, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Verizon Throttles Netflix Subscribers in Test It D...

Lobbying.

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

jerkstate on July 24, 2017 | [–]

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 on July 24, 2017 | [–]

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

Spivak on July 24, 2017 | [–]

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

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