This is the same thought I had. Technically speaking the thin clients are only accessing the servers in the farm. The only true "computers" accessing the internet would be the servers.
However, this also begs the question about the use of proxy servers. To go with the above statement, say you had a farm of 10 servers all using one proxy for Internet, wouldn't you just have to pay for the proxy since it is the only one truly accessing the internet?
Yes, everyone pays their upstream provider. I really think this is the telcos being greedy and wanting more money.
With the backbone providers, here is what must be taken into consideration: each provider allows the traffic of the other providers to freely pass through their network in exchange for free passage on the other providers network. If the large telcos want to start charging for that traffic, they will raise costs for everyone using the internet.
If one provider starts charging for peer traffic, other providers will follow suit. This creates higher costs for all them. The increased costs will then be passed on to the customers because otherwise they would affect the precious profit margin. So one by one, the higher costs will passed on until everyone is paying a higher cost just to satisfy telco greed.
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This is the same thought I had. Technically speaking the thin clients are only accessing the servers in the farm. The only true "computers" accessing the internet would be the servers. However, this also begs the question about the use of proxy servers. To go with the above statement, say you had a farm of 10 servers all using one proxy for Internet, wouldn't you just have to pay for the proxy since it is the only one truly accessing the internet?
Yes, everyone pays their upstream provider. I really think this is the telcos being greedy and wanting more money.
With the backbone providers, here is what must be taken into consideration: each provider allows the traffic of the other providers to freely pass through their network in exchange for free passage on the other providers network. If the large telcos want to start charging for that traffic, they will raise costs for everyone using the internet.
If one provider starts charging for peer traffic, other providers will follow suit. This creates higher costs for all them. The increased costs will then be passed on to the customers because otherwise they would affect the precious profit margin. So one by one, the higher costs will passed on until everyone is paying a higher cost just to satisfy telco greed.