Europe’s telecommunications operators have long held that some big Internet companies are driving a surge in Internet traffic and hogging their networks. A 2022 report by ETNO, Europe’s telecommunications operators lobby, claimed that more than half of the global data traffic originates from the servers of six US firms: Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Netflix.
They pay through their ISPs who then pay through peering agreements. Whats next, my friend’s ISP charging me to deliver him an email? Let’s make it like in the US where you’re charged for receiving SMS.
Fuck off.