How does the internet benefit from using a hierarchical architecture?
Assuming you’re talking about the Net Neutrality issue in the US, It doesn’t. Simply put, reforming the internet to a hierarchical form will allow Internet Service Providers to charge you more money, thereby increasing their profit margin. It doesn’t cost them any extra to allow you to access every website out there, nor would your money go to the websites your subscription allows you on, so the only reason is so that your internet has a reason to cost more. If this isn’t the proper answer for this question, then I ask you to please reform your question to one that is more specific. The Internet, which is actually a collection of interconnected private and public networks, has a hierarchical layered structure for addressing, for naming and for connectivity services. At each level or layer of the hierarchy, individual network operators maintain peering relationships with other operators at the same level. As a result, network traffic that is destined for local or regional services does
