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This was discussed here [0]. The tl;dr is that South Korea has the opposite of net neutrality: instead of charging the consumer for excess bandwidth, they charge the service providers. Streaming video is extremely bandwidth-intensive, so Twitch can't afford to keep streaming if they're charged for every GB.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38539167



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