Re: S.Korea broadband firm sues Netflix after traffic surge

[Owen DeLong via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

> On Oct 11, 2021, at 00:01 , Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote:
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> On 10/11/21 00:31, Geoff Huston wrote:
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> > In many environments, the words we use to describe this form of price setting are generally prefixed by the 
> > adjective “illegal” :-)
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> Indeed - colluding is generally frowned upon, in which case we are doomed to the current model, and may the best man 
> win.
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> Ultimately, many ISP's and telco's will die. Consolidation will occur, but the "big operator" will no longer be as 
> fat as they used to be. Focus on hauling bits around with no frills will be a good model, especially if you can keep 
> the team lean. The chances of having large monopolies that do okay but stifle the market, being chased by struggling 
> ISP's that favour passion + frills, is what is likely to happen, over the next decade or two.
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> Mark.

Ideally, a regulatory framework which prohibits vertical integration and thus prevents the natural monopoly of last 
mile physical
infrastructure from being leveraged into a monopoly on higher-layer services would significantly improve the current 
situation,
making room for a strong competing market with low barrier to entry for services while the last mile infrastructure was 
managed
by a regulated utility or the run by the local municipality.

Owen