Last week the clients of a French internet service provider (ISP) complained of problems accessing the video-sharing site Dailymotion over a period of several days.  The website initially accused the ISP of deliberately slowing access in order to gain advantage in ongoing negotiations over bandwidth usage cost. Eventually, the problem was resolved and attributed by both companies to a technical glitch. However, this episode illustrates the strains of the increasing demand for faster internet connection on the existing network infrastructure and the heated debate on who should ultimately foot the bill for the network upgrades.