[kictanet] Should streaming services pay ISPs for increased traffic?

[Mwendwa Kivuva]

In the United States, Netflix has been paying a fee to broadband provider
Comcast Corp for faster streaming speeds.

South Korea's ISP SK Broadband has sued Netflix to pay for costs from
increased network traffic and maintenance work because of a surge of
viewers to the U.S. firm's content.
Seoul court said Netflix should "reasonably" give something in return to
the internet service provider for network usage, and multiple South Korean
lawmakers have spoken out against content providers who do not pay for
network usage despite generating explosive traffic.

other content providers such as Amazon, Apple and Facebook are paying SK
Broadband for usage of the network.

Should content providers compensate network providers for increased traffic
to their network? Is this a net neutrality issue where all content should
be treated equally?

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