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Originally Posted by Jessica Lares
This could easily be $5-20mil/monthly from each service for Internet providers who obviously NEED that money to expand and profit.
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The government has already paid for the bandwidth upgrades and what did internet service providers do? The executives pocketed the money.
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Originally Posted by Jessica Lares
It makes complete sense for them to be asking Netflix for money when people are gobbling up 20GB a month using it. Heck, if they got a dollar from every one of their subscribers just for using it, it'd make a HUGE difference. It'll be the same thing once Amazon Prime hits the big time next year with new Kindle Fire subscribers.
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At the expense of what? Subscribers paying Netflix, et al higher subscription fees? Even higher when you consider content providers want more in licensing fees.