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Look at both ends of the transmission: If both endpoints are inside Comcast's network, Comcast receives payments from both the sender and receiver to cover the
by omegazero 16y ago
Look at both ends of the transmission: If both endpoints are inside Comcast's network, Comcast receives payments from both the sender and receiver to cover the costs. If one end point is in Level3's network and Level3 refuses to pay, only one side is paying for the connection.
Or consider just the part of the transmission that occurs within Comcast's network. Case 1: data is sent from Comcast-user-A to Comcast-user-B, both pay a share of the costs. Case 2: data is sent from Comcast-user-A to Level3-Border-Router, only Comcast-user-A pays.
- jordan0day 16y agoThis is a silly argument. Comcast is charging its customers for access to a nebulous (but commonly-understood) entity called "The Internet". If their pricing model doesn't anticipate that users would want to access bits that exist outside of Comcast's own network (and therefore originate from someone who doesn't pay Comcast), well, it's a wonder they're still in business!