For example, when I access Yahoo!, there is a connection between my home and my IPS, which I pay for, called the "last mile". My IPS probably pays some larger company to gain access to the Net, but from there on, the packets can go any route all away acrross thousands of miles to CA, USA. Most of the distance is covered through very expensive backbone connections (that connect cities, countries and continents together). Due to TCP's characteristics, there is no way of controlling what backbone my packets will be using, much less (I imagine) billing for it. So who pays for this investment?
2006-07-21
07:08:50
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leblongeezer
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