> The letter cited a May 2 Reuters article that said, "Tech giants such as Google, Meta, and Netflix may have to bear some of the cost of Europe's telecoms netw

> The letter cited a May 2 Reuters article that said, "Tech giants such as Google, Meta, and Netflix may have to bear some of the cost of Europe's telecoms network”, Europe's digital chief Margrethe Vestager said on Monday, following EU telecoms operators' complaints. Google and Facebook both own over 50,000 miles of submarine cables [1], thus comprising a major part of the backbone of the internet. Then there are ISPs, who specialize in providing the infrastructure that connects this backbone to the end consumer, and ISPs want Google and Facebook to pay for this, too? [1] https://broadbandnow.com/report/google-content-providers-submarine-cable-ownership/ https://broadbandnow.com/report/google-content-providers-sub...