>>> our network fees in Korea are still 10 times more expensive than in most other countries
What exactly are "network fees" in this context?
What exactly are "network fees" in this context?
It's a terrible economic model that punishes peering. Cloudflare and Facebook moved most of their servers overseas to Japan. It's been a long running sh*t show, with lots of lawsuits between Netflix and S. Korea's biggest telecom.
And unfortunately EU Commissioner Thierry Breton wants to bring this model to the EU.
Isn't that how most international trade agreements work? You either have to pay the taxes to manufacture in the country of origin, or you have to pay the import fees for importing it.
I don't understand what benefit I get as a consumer or small developer from not having models like this. If Netflix is generating 32b in revenue and using a significant amount of bandwidth, shouldnt they have to pay for a larger portion of the infrastructure?