said by alchav:No smoke and mirrors and toll gates to let this traffic through, just need more capacity in these areas. The question is who pays for this.
The problem is that in areas around the globe that have competition between ISPs, the capacity issues are addressed by the ISP using money collected from their paying customers that are requesting this data.
There are a few major ISPs, mostly in the US, that enjoy market dominance in the territories they operate in. They have a captive customer base, and they are using this to force Netflix to pay them to reach their customers. In the UK, as an example, if an ISP tried this tactic, customers would have the option of leaving them to sign up with internet service with a competitor. Comcast doesn't need to concern itself with this problem, as their customers don't really have any other options available. So Comcast can demand payment from Netflix to get past their toll gate.