Twitch plans to shut down its business in South Korea on February 27, it said, after finding that operating in one of the world's largest esports markets Twitch plans to shut down its business in South Korea on February 27, it said, after finding that operating in one of the world's largest esports markets is "prohibitively expensive."
I get it the load vid services is putting on the ISP infra is massive but I don’t think its going to work in the ISP favour in the long run. Eventually enough companies are going to say no.
Yep. But your utilisation is factored into the price. If you are doing 300% expectued util and so is everyone else on your street then thats a big issue and the ISP can’t tripple your bill cos you will just leave.
I get it the load vid services is putting on the ISP infra is massive but I don’t think its going to work in the ISP favour in the long run. Eventually enough companies are going to say no.
Don’t I pay for the traffic to be delivered from Twitch to my home to my ISP already?
Yep. But your utilisation is factored into the price. If you are doing 300% expectued util and so is everyone else on your street then thats a big issue and the ISP can’t tripple your bill cos you will just leave.
Leave to where? To another ISP who has the same costs?