Because the price is a very large multiple of market prices.
The Korean ISPs are using their termination monopoly to rent seek.
> I've yet to see a reason that Netflix/twitch/etc. having to pay for the infrastructure they profit massively from is a bad thing.
Netflix/twitch/etc. already pay for their global infrastructure to bring services to Korea.
Korean ISPs are already paid by their users for the Korean infrastructure. It is totally unreasonable for Korean ISPs to be double dipping for something they have already paid for.
It is not Netflix/twitch/etc that are originating the traffic, but Korean end users REQUESTING the traffic. The Korean end users paid for Internet access, the Korean ISPs should deliver.
To reiterate, the Internet is not a PUSH medium. The Internet is a PULL medium.
In the good all days, all content was hosted in the US. Is that what the Korean ISPs want to go back to? Are they itching for doing all that investment into billion dollar subsea cable systems?
> If they have to pay a larger share, it means that services that don't use as much can be charged a much more reasonable rate
How about no?
Market prices for bandwidth are a fraction of a penny per gigabyte.
A fraction of a penny isn’t a problem, but Korean ISPs price gouging is.
Because the price is a very large multiple of market prices.
The Korean ISPs are using their termination monopoly to rent seek.
> I've yet to see a reason that Netflix/twitch/etc. having to pay for the infrastructure they profit massively from is a bad thing.
Netflix/twitch/etc. already pay for their global infrastructure to bring services to Korea.
Korean ISPs are already paid by their users for the Korean infrastructure. It is totally unreasonable for Korean ISPs to be double dipping for something they have already paid for.
It is not Netflix/twitch/etc that are originating the traffic, but Korean end users REQUESTING the traffic. The Korean end users paid for Internet access, the Korean ISPs should deliver.
To reiterate, the Internet is not a PUSH medium. The Internet is a PULL medium.
In the good all days, all content was hosted in the US. Is that what the Korean ISPs want to go back to? Are they itching for doing all that investment into billion dollar subsea cable systems?
> If they have to pay a larger share, it means that services that don't use as much can be charged a much more reasonable rate
How about no?
Market prices for bandwidth are a fraction of a penny per gigabyte.
A fraction of a penny isn’t a problem, but Korean ISPs price gouging is.