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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
That doesn't address the single most constrained and expensive part of the network. Netflix peering with the ISP's at the head end helps upstream, but it's the downstream network to the consumers that has to do the brunt of the heavy lifting, and that is the most bandwidth constrained. That's where the real costs to the ISP's are - maintaining, upgrading, and rolling out the distributed network that exists between their data centers and the consumer.
Netflix essentially gets that part of the network for free, irrespective of the peering arrangements they are willing to make through OpenConnect.
And that's why we still need pay-per-byte internet - the ISP's need to be able to recoup the costs associated with delivering content from places like Netflix that Netflix doesn't pay for. Otherwise, you are right back to a situation where the ISP's are deciding which providers to allow on their network, based on how much the providers pay into the bandwidth costs for the load they create, which is the antithesis of net neutrality.
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I guess it depends on the area. Most urban and suburban areas in my state have a choice between fiber to the house and docsis 3.0, so that infrastructure can easily handle things. Plus if it is over the top iptv, there are a lot of efficiencies that can be done by multi casting linear tv. Not to mention that everyone is already downloading and streaming boatloads of netflix, hulu, amazon and pirated material.