Re: The FCC is planning new net neutrality rules. And they couldenshrine pay-for-play. - The Washington Post

["Justin M. Streiner" <streiner () cluebyfour org>]

On Mon, 28 Apr 2014, Hugo Slabbert wrote:

> Comcast is the destination network for the traffic; they're not providing 
> transit services to Netflix.  Comcast needs to accept the Netflix traffic 
> that Comcast's customers are requesting *somehow*;  I don't see why they get 
> to charge Netflix for a private peering relationship that's beneficial to 
> both sides.

If done on a cost-recovery basis (alternating or otherwise), the net cost 
to both providers should be small, well within the of the boundaries of a 
standard cost of doing business.  That argument also seems to be 
overlooked by people in the "Yes, $ISP should be able to charge both 
customers and content providers for the same traffic" camp.

jms