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Old timer here

Am I missing something?

In the old days there was this thing called broadcast TV.

I seem to remember electricity usage going up when an episode was over.

https://www.drax.com/power-generation/7-of-the-biggest-tv-moments-in-uk-electricity-history/

I don't remember the electricity companies wanting to charge BBC/ITV extra when the electricity usage went through the roof afterwards. Is this not something similar?

Also - very simplistic I know but:

I pay Netflix to provide me with entertainment. (such that it is)

I expect Netflix to pay actors & production crew for their content.

I pay my ISP for internet access.

I not expect content providers to have to pay ISPs as well, if they did, then what am I paying them for?

Is that what they want? we pay the content providers more money and then we don't pay the ISP anything?

In this instance (at the very least) the ISP is completely out of order. if you can't provide the service people expect for the money they are paying you then you need to charge more and upgrade the service. They want to provide a cheap service by running it on very thin margins and they got caught out.