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callalex on May 14, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Three Companies Impersonated Millions to Influence...

Internet traffic is not “pushed” onto ISPs. The paying customers of ISPs request data from providers, and they pay those ISPs to receive and deliver that traffic.

fwlr on May 14, 2023 [–]

“If 15% of all internet traffic is requested from you by the paying customers of ISPs, you’re going to end up peering with the ISPs”

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