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> How are traditional TV Station different form Netflix and such? They paid for (read, "bribed politicians to give them", but that's beside the point) exclusiv
by a1369209993 6y ago
> How are traditional TV Station different form Netflix and such?
They paid for (read, "bribed politicians to give them", but that's beside the point) exclusive use of particular RF spectrum, which then cannot be used for other purposes. Netflix routes over existing common-carriage infrastructure, and so does not impose any costs on people who don't use Netflix (assuming non-corrupt management of said infrastructure, but y'know, caveats, caveats, caveats...).
- objclxt 6y ago> Netflix routes over existing common-carriage infrastructure, and so does not impose any costs on people who don't use Netflix I don’t think that’s strictly true, since the available bandwidth on that infrastructure is not infinite. That’s why Netflix supplies CDN appliances free of charge to ISPs - both to improve customer speeds, but also reduce bandwidth across the entire network.