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Not necessarily. Small websites have to pay for their bandwidth, but bigger companies like Netflix have been pushing ISPs into various schemes that give them th
by makomk 5y ago
Not necessarily. Small websites have to pay for their bandwidth, but bigger companies like Netflix have been pushing ISPs into various schemes that give them that bandwidth for free, either through peering arrangements where ISPs take traffic to and from Netflix systems for free or through installing caching boxes in ISP facilities with the power, data and space paid for by the ISP.
- imgabe 5y agoHow? What leverage does Netflix have that would convince their ISP to give them free bandwidth? It seems like if Netflix were unable to upload the video to their customers, that would be pretty detrimental to their business.