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re: Net Neutrality - Layman's Terms
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:52 am to jbond
Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:52 am to jbond
quote:If they can deal with Netflix traffic as they see fit, what is the threshold for dealing with individual websites? What are the criteria? Should ISPs just be able to decide who lives and dies?
So even though Netflix at any given time can account for over a third of all Internet traffic, ISP's should be required to deal with them as if they're a small site like TD?
quote:Ah, yes, where is the incentive to compete if all you have to do is flip a switch?
Where is the incentive for an ISP to invest in improving its infrastructure if a third of that infrastructure is supporting companies that take away their cable/IPTV business?
quote:Somewhere in the middle of what? Net Neutrality regulations are "somewhere in the middle", with the extremes being allow ISPs to do as they wish on one end, and classifying ISPs as common carriers on the other.
I don't won't a tiered system of Internet access options either, but IMO an ideal solution is somewhere in the middle.
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Posted on 7/22/14 at 11:58 am to Korkstand
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Korkstand
Well said.
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Where is the incentive for an ISP to invest in improving its infrastructure if a third of that infrastructure is supporting companies that take away their cable/IPTV business?
I might think this was a valid argument if these companies were not already gouging consumers and not on their way to a full monopoly with all the recent mergers.
Posted on 7/22/14 at 12:13 pm to Korkstand
I didn't say that they should have the leeway to deal with particular sites as they see fit, but rather that there could be some middle ground (to be determined by regulators). I don't know what that middle ground should be because I'm not an antitrust or telecom policy expert, but it just doesn't make sense (to me) that Netflix and a personal website be treated the same when one uses a third of the nation's data. I was purposefully vague and didn't specify what this middle ground is because I don't have a solution. It's completely disingenuous to imply upgrading infrastructure is as simple as flipping a switch when a single cabinet of equipment is on the order of 6 and often 7 figures.
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