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Comment Re:I already pay a premium for my speed... (Score 1) 455

Actually, it does seem reasonable, as long as they do not degrade their best-effort traffic. If the best-effort traffic to most of the Internet is too poor for you, seek out a new ISP.

The way most ISPs will provide "enhanced" access to their customers is to run a direct connection to the content provider to provide a shorter path and larger pipes for that traffic to flow. Essentially, that content provider will become a customer of the ISP, and the ISP is justified in expecting payment for the service.

If the connection to the content provider saves the ISP money because that's less traffic on the links they pay for to have Internet connectivity, then they may do it for free as a peering connection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering). But often, this isn't the case, because incremental bandwidth is cheap, while dedicated circuits are expensive. And of course, if the content provider needs faster access more than the ISP needs enhanced access to the content provider, there's not a lot of incentive to treat them as a peer rather than a customer.

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