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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Why can't Comcast, or a road owner, charge everyone who is using that road? You and the content provider are both using the road. You pay for access to the road and the content provider pays for moving their product along the road, no?

A toll may be getting paid, but it may not be the toll that Comcast wants. The way to potentially reduce the toll while improving service is likely doing things that get some more competition, rather than saying you can't take toll.

Because the way the Internet is made, you aren't guaranteed to take the same route every time between two points. That's been the way it has been since the beginning.