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This is more like a reverse moat: you only have to pay it after you succeed. New entrants don't have to pay the tax -- peering without money changing hands will
by Agathos 13y ago
This is more like a reverse moat: you only have to pay it after you succeed. New entrants don't have to pay the tax -- peering without money changing hands will happen to "just work" for them just like it used to. Only after they get big will Comcast create a new traffic jam and send them a quote to fix it -- that's too late to help Netflix.
- lhnz 13y agoGood refutation. You are correct if they do not extend the tax to new entrants (which I had forgotten was currently the case.) Still, perhaps Comcast will deem all of the companies big enough to compete with Netflix large enough to pay the tax.