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Given Netflix and Youtube account for rougly 50% of peak time traffic, I wonder if Google will also follow suit. I'm all for net neutrality, but I think Netfli
by pcurve 13y ago
Given Netflix and Youtube account for rougly 50% of peak time traffic, I wonder if Google will also follow suit.
I'm all for net neutrality, but I think Netflix should've been paying some usage fee into a communal fund that is off-limit to ISPs, but can be used to improve broadband quality for everyone.
- danielrhodes 13y agoGoogle owns a lot of backbone so they can do a peering agreement with Comcast/Level 3 which would be mutually beneficial. Netflix has nothing to offer in terms of peering, so their attempt at getting similar terms is just a negotiating tactic.