Comment on Twitch to shut down in Korea over 'prohibitively expensive' network fees

• luthis@lemmy.nz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m not talking about exchange to premises, this is between ISPs and whoever is routing between cities and countries. Customers get charged for maintenance between the ISP and their house, but there’s the whole internet backbone that ISPs hook into that requires maintenance.

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  • Stumblinbear@pawb.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Customers get charged for maintenance between the ISP and their house

    They really don’t, customers get charged what they need to be charged to support the network, not just the last mile to your house. Companies don’t get internet connectivity for free, either, paying significantly more than consumers at every turn

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