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There are generally 4 economic players at minimum: Network service like Netflix. Their ISP, like L3. Consumer's ISP, like Comcast (also a Netflix competi
by hga 12y ago
There are generally 4 economic players at minimum:
Network service like Netflix.
Their ISP, like L3.
Consumer's ISP, like Comcast (also a Netflix competitor).
Consumer.
The end points are paying money to the ISPs in the middle.
- mlinksva 12y agoThere's also content providers, content owners, or other ugly term. They aren't participating in network traffic, but deeply shape structure and demands of at least network services and consumers above, consumer ISP in some cases.