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> Netflix that pays whatever rate the teleco thinks it can insist on in order to install their CDN in your ISPs hub

No, that’s not a fast lane nor would be stopped by NN. You just explained that Netflix made an investment to get CDNs where they would be effective.

So, I’m still curious to know where these priority traffic fast lanes are.



Netflix pays Comcast in order to have that fast lane. It's more than just an infrastructure investment.


Are you sure? My state is that e.g. Netflix, Google, Akamai?, etc. offer ISPs to put a (couple of) 2-4U box(es) inside their network, for free, only requiring power and cooling (and networking). The ISP wants this, because he'd otherwise get the traffic dumped into his network at the edge, i.e. an internet exchange/carrier-neutral DC.

That costs the Provider significant routing and intermediate-distance (40~100km, i.e. CWDM long-range transceivers) bandwidth. This is much more expensive then feeding the google box with power.


It is just an infrastructure investment. It's no different from Amazon building a local distribution center in your city.

An "internet fast lane" would be like the city government saying to Amazon, "and also, all traffic lights will immediately switch to green for amazon delivery vehicles."

No, they're still using the same roads as everyone else, they're just starting from a lot closer to the destination.




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