S.Korea broadband firm sues Netflix after traffic surge from 'Squid Game'

Nice subscription service you have there Netflix, would be a shame if your customers couldn't view it.

Everyone pays for their internet access, so why should Netflix (or anyone else) suddenly pay for mine? Netflix isn’t pushing data, I’m pulling it.

If my ISP is losing money then I guess they better raise their prices, no?

This is basically how the internet works though, isn't it? Your network and my network have parties interested in each others data. If parts of your network are generating traffic that I don't think is reasonable then I can either disable their access or negotiate with you or one of the parties on your network to pay more or I can deny or throttle access to the parties on my network. And a OCA box just makes everything better for everyone where it's possible to employ them.

> South Korean lawmakers have spoken out against content providers who do not pay for network usage despite generating explosive traffic

It's impressive how this framing has gotten so much acceptance. The content providers are not generating the traffic, the users are, and they are paying their ISPs to be able to do so.

Seems like a good opportunity for Netflix to raise their prices in S.Korea and use a portion of that increase to pay what the courts seem like they're going to demand.

The rest of the increase would go to offsetting the additional burden on Netflix that this will cause by forcing them to treat S.Korea differently than everyone else.

I'm honestly surprised that any corporations are paying that there, but if the government is going to requirement, there's not a lot you can do about it. It's a very bad precedent and I don't see it actually going well for S. Korea. Putting up extra barriers is a way to keep companies out. We usually call it a "tariff", but that's generally for physical goods. And the goal is often to prevent as many of those goods from being imported.

What would S.Korea's internet look like if even 1 of the major players decided to just block the country instead of paying the fees?