I think we agree whole-heartedly Ronnie.

It is now eight years since I worked in the telecomms/internet industry (for one of the US names you mentioned). At the time IP interconnect billing was emerging as a significant issue and I remember having discussions about wholesale tariffs related to QoS and tunnelling with network engineers; meanwhile the product development people were still trying to squeeze the last drop out of voice services.

Network operators can of course get revenue streams at both ends; charging high rates to streaming services and charging high rates to ISPs whose customers consume those services, which of course has a knock-on effect on the ISP customers' bills. I suspect that some network operators, including a certain British telecommunications company, are waking up to those commerical opportunities.

In the spirit of Spinaltap, I would like to confirm that I am not involved in the corrupt theft of a global sport.