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Correct me if I’m wrong, but haven’t we always had paid fast lanes available? At least for VOIP this stuff hasn’t seemed very uncommon.
by ryanlol 9y ago
Correct me if I’m wrong, but haven’t we always had paid fast lanes available? At least for VOIP this stuff hasn’t seemed very uncommon.
- Brockenstein 9y agoNot in the sense of: Dear Netflix, if you want to service our customers you need to pay us a $10 million dollars a year. Dear Customer with 30mbps service, Netflix takes a lot of bandwidth and we're just a poor multi-billion dollar ISP and can't afford to shoulder the burden. But if you pay an additional $9.99 a month we can probably scrape up the bandwidth to let you watch Netflix in HD ($29.99 for 4k) Also see our other premium options. Have the freedom to pick which services are right for you! Hulu: $9.99 Amazon Video: $9.99 Apple Music: $5.99 YouTube: $7.99
- ryanlol 9y agoHow would this actually work in the somewhat competitive and very low-margin ISP market? What you’re describing just sounds like suicide.
- fzeroracer 9y agoSame reason why ISPs pushed out data caps despite it being a 'somewhat competitive' market and people coming out hard against it. Because it's not competitive at all.
- Velchronus 9y agoNo, you're right. The FCC's Net Neutrality rules excluded private offerings such as MPLS circuits.