{"id":137098,"date":"2021-10-02T15:48:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T14:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=137098"},"modified":"2021-10-02T15:48:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T14:48:53","slug":"south-korean-isp-sues-netflix-over-increased-squid-game-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/entertainment\/south-korean-isp-sues-netflix-over-increased-squid-game-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean ISP Sues Netflix Over Increased Squid Game Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Korean internet service provider SK Broadband is suing Netflix to recover traffic and maintenance costs due to the popularity of Squid Game and Deserter Hunter. Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/skorea-broadband-firm-sues-netflix-after-traffic-surge-squid-game-2021-10-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Writes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The move came after several South Korean lawmakers spoke out against content providers who do not pay to use the network.\u00a0It is worth noting that large media services, as a rule, pay commissions to operators for creating a load on the network &#8211; transferring large amounts of content.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix is \u200b\u200branked second in South Korea in terms of internet traffic, behind YouTube, due to the release of Squid Game.\u00a0But the streaming service doesn&#8217;t pay carriers to use the network like Amazon, Apple or Facebook do, for example.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix said that the service should only create content and provide access to it, and all costs of the provider are due to the fulfillment of obligations to users.\u00a0Still, Netflix said it will consider SK Broadband&#8217;s claim and will seek a compromise to ensure that streaming service customers are free of any technical problems.<\/p>\n<p>The Squid Game is a South Korean drama hit this year.\u00a0It is directed by director Hwang Dong Hekaw in the survival, action-adventure, thriller and drama genres.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-137101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pasted-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pasted-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pasted-3-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pasted-3-1080x608.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pasted-3-843x474.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pasted-3-366x206.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Consists of nine episodes and tells the story of a group of people who take part in a secret survival game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korean internet service provider SK Broadband is suing Netflix to recover traffic and maintenance costs due to the popularity of Squid Game and Deserter Hunter. Reuters Writes. The move came after several South Korean lawmakers spoke out against content providers who do not pay to use the network.\u00a0It is worth noting that large media [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/entertainment\/south-korean-isp-sues-netflix-over-increased-squid-game-traffic\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":137100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[806],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-137098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}