Optus, Telstra want game companies to subsidise data costs
"A substantial portion of traffic, particularly at peak period... is gaming traffic." Australian telcos Optus and Telstra have suggested that game and streaming companies should chip in to subsidise costs associated with high data downloads. Speaking with the Australian Financial Review (via Kotaku), Optus’ head of regulatory and public affairs, Andrew Sheridan, said that updates for popular titles like Fortnite and Call of Duty cause gigantic network spikes that impact all users of an ISP. “If we get this right it should ultimately be in the long-term interest of Australian consumer...
Source: stevivor.com