The extreme download vs upload traffic asymmetry between Comcast and L3/Netflix has been mentioned several times as a straw man argument for why Comcast is just

The extreme download vs upload traffic asymmetry between Comcast and L3/Netflix has been mentioned several times as a straw man argument for why Comcast is justified in charging Netflix directly. Maybe Netflix could find some creative uses for all that idle viewer upload capacity to reduce the deficit ;) - Have every Netflix client cache and serve chunks of the most popular streams P2P-style. You could have a DHT algorithm for discovering chunks or have Netflix's own servers orchestrate peer discovery in a clever way, for example by only connecting Comcast customers to peers physically outside of Comcast's own network. This would reduce Netflix's downstream traffic and increase viewer uploads. - Introduce the Netflix-Feline-Image-KeepAlive-Protocol, whereby every Netflix client on detecting a Comcast network uploads a 5MB PNG of a cat to Netflix's servers over and over again while you're watching a video. Strictly for connection quality control purposes of course.