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There aren't different "kinds" of electricity. Electricity you get anywhere is going to be exactly the same. The Internet is completely different, and the who
by diminoten 12y ago
There aren't different "kinds" of electricity. Electricity you get anywhere is going to be exactly the same.
The Internet is completely different, and the whole point of peering is acknowledging that fact. Netflix and Comcast peer because Netflix has something Comcast can't get anywhere else.
The Internet isn't very much like a power grid at all, in fact. That's a terrible analogy.
- belorn 12y agoWhere I live, I can buy solar power, water power, nuclear power or generic power. The utility providers support many upstream suppliers, and the source of electricity is the defining attribute. It is also dictate where the power bill is sent from. Also, Netflix is not paying money to Comcast because Netflix has something Comcast can't get anywhere else. Netflix is paying comcast because otherwise comcast is refusing their user access to netflix.
- diminoten 12y agoNetflix is paying Comcast because Comcast has something Netflix can't get anywhere else.