{"id":3201,"date":"2021-10-10T14:38:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T12:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/10\/squid-games-success-reopens-debate-over-who-should-pay-for-rising-internet-traffic\/"},"modified":"2021-10-10T14:38:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T12:38:30","slug":"squid-games-success-reopens-debate-over-who-should-pay-for-rising-internet-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/10\/squid-games-success-reopens-debate-over-who-should-pay-for-rising-internet-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"Squid Game\u2019s success reopens debate over who should pay for rising internet traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Demand for capacity grows on back of hit Netflix shows, online games and more<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2021\/sep\/28\/squid-game-the-hellish-horrorshow-taking-the-whole-world-by-storm\">breakout success of the Korean drama Squid Game<\/a> has prompted a local broadband provider to launch legal action to force the maker, Netflix, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/skorea-broadband-firm-sues-netflix-after-traffic-surge-squid-game-2021-10-01\/\">help pay for the huge surge in traffic<\/a>, the latest flashpoint in the argument over who should carry the burden of the spiralling costs of data fuelled by the global streaming boom.<\/p>\n<p>From Netflix\u2019s latest global sensation and livestreamed Premier League football matches on Amazon Prime Video, to bandwidth-busting traffic when hit online games such as Fortnite or Call of Duty are updated, the demand for internet capacity has undergone unprecedented growth in recent years.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2021\/oct\/10\/squid-games-success-reopens-debate-over-who-should-pay-for-rising-internet-traffic-netflix\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2054155cd35848d06117e47d8bea7c22d9111b31\/47_158_3581_2148\/master\/3581.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c8d0157db9b074c20fe4890cebc0d33d\" title=\"Squid Game\u2019s success reopens debate over who should pay for rising internet traffic\" \/>Demand for capacity grows on back of hit Netflix shows, online games and more<br \/>\nThe breakout success of the Korean drama Squid Game has prompted a local broadband provider to launch legal action to force the maker, Netflix, to help pay for the huge surge in traffic, the latest flashpoint in the argument over who should carry the burden of the spiralling costs of data fuelled by the global streaming boom.<br \/>\nFrom Netflix\u2019s latest global sensation and livestreamed Premier League football matches on Amazon Prime Video, to bandwidth-busting traffic when hit online games such as Fortnite or Call of Duty are updated, the demand for internet capacity has undergone unprecedented growth in recent years. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demand for capacity grows on back of hit Netflix shows, online games and more The breakout success of the Korean drama Squid Game has prompted a local broadband provider to launch legal action to force the maker, Netflix, to help pay for the huge surge in traffic, the latest flashpoint in the argument over who &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/10\/squid-games-success-reopens-debate-over-who-should-pay-for-rising-internet-traffic\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Squid Game\u2019s success reopens debate over who should pay for rising internet traffic<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}