> It's a terrible economic model that punishes peering.

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?