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A decade ago I was with an ISP who took a stand for "Google should pay us for the priviledge of having our users watch YouTube". I believe I wasn't the only one
by lrem 5y ago
A decade ago I was with an ISP who took a stand for "Google should pay us for the priviledge of having our users watch YouTube". I believe I wasn't the only one who decided that's the last straw and moved to an ISP that wasn't rejecting peering based on greed.
- pepoluan 5y agoSounds like an ISP in a monopolistic situation. When there are alternatives, ISPs would bend over backwards for what customers want. That are not colluding like a cartel, of course.
- lrem 5y agoThankfully that was a market with good competition. They might have hoped to capitalise on some of that anti-American, anti-BigTech sentiment. But everyone I knew who used them was pissed at these shenanigans. Hilariously enough, I switched to a former governmental monopoly.