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David Schwartz wrote: > John Olp wrote: >> >> The argument that multicast should be billed based on the number of >> receivers is flawed. Those receivers are already being billed >> based on the bandwidth they use regardless of source. > > They are billed by their ISP for the traffic they receive. This > doesn't cover the cost of sending the data to them on the sourcing > ISP. This is why you pay for both traffic you send and for traffic > you receive. Both cost your provider money to do for you. Nice bit of double-billing. One packet traverses the network, and two people pay for it. -- David
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