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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 You mean one packet traverses *TWO* networks, don't you? DS
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