impala
join:2008-03-08
Clemson, SC
2 edits | how them pipes work Would this be a viable simplification of IP traffic and costs?
A packet generated by the consumer travels across his ISP network to the nearest POP. At the POP, the packet is transferred to the backbone network serving the destination website's ISP. The packet then arrives on the website's ISP network and is delivered to the website.
The website generates a packet that travels across it's ISP network to the nearest POP. At the POP, the packet is transferred to the backbone network serving the consumer's ISP. The packet then arrives on the consumer's ISP network and is delivered to the consumer.
The website pays for it's bandwidth with it's ISP, inbound and outbound.
The consumer pays for his bandwidth with his ISP, inbound and outbound.
The website pays, through the ISP, for the inbound packets from the consumer traveling across the backbone.
The consumer pays, through his ISP, for the inbound packets from the website traveling across the backbone.
Consumers tend to consume larger and more packets than they send to the servers. So the consumer is paying for more backbone bandwidth than the website. Think youtube.com
packets travelling left to right only
consumer = isp1 = pop = quest = pop = isp2 = website
website = isp2 = pop = att = pop = isp1 = consumer
consumer pays for bold part, website pays for italic part.
Of course, huge sites like youtube don't need an ISP, they are the POP. |
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| said by impala:packets travelling left to right only consumer = isp1 = pop = quest = pop = isp2 = website
website = isp2 = pop = att = pop = isp1 = consumer consumer pays for bold part, website pays for italic part. The consumer, ultimately, pays for ALL the parts. Websites get money from advertisers for the most part. Advertisers pass cost on to makers of products and services. Consumers buy products and services and part of that pays advertisers and the websites. The only thing going on is fighting over who is getting the biggest pieces of the pie - the websites, the advertisers, and makers of products & services.
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RayWPremium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
kudos:1 | reply to impala
Sorry ma'am, but that is not correct, I pay for total usage, UP + DOWN = TOTAL in my base price. I see that when I check my stats, in my contract, and on the website.
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impala
join:2008-03-08
Clemson, SC | I said that. Consumer pays for traffic from consumer to ISP, and from ISP to consumer. It just gets murky when you reach the backbone, aka quest and att in my example. |
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