>>This post is from 2016 and now the Korean Goverenment passes the law that makes the fee even higher. The Korean Government keeps favoring their ISP over other

>>This post is from 2016 and now the Korean Goverenment passes the law that makes the fee even higher. The Korean Government keeps favoring their ISP over other internet companies. The Korean Government also sees an opportunity to bring in additional revenue, while at the same time applying a more equal treatment to foreign and domestic content providers alike. Domestic content providers are paying network usage fees, and depending on the final thresholds (currently 1% of domestic network traffic and 1M daily users over a 3 month period[1]) content providers may also have to pay an additional surcharge. Naver, Kakao and other dominant Korean content providers aren't happy about this.[2] It's a high stakes game for sure. I wonder how far South Korea will go to enforce this legislation; perhaps something similar to the Great Firewall of China. Theoretically, as/if popular foreign content providers are cut off (FB, Netflix, etc.) in the new year then domestic providers should grumble less as their market share and usage presumably increases. [1] http://www.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20200908000889 http://www.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20200908000889 [2] https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2020/09/10/business/industry/Netflix-Naver-Kakao/20200910194700425.html https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2020/09/10/business/ind...