Verizon CEO Wants To Charge Video Gamers More Money For Internet Access

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Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam thinks that people who use a heavy amount of broadband should have to pay more for home Internet access according to IDG News Service.

This includes people who are constantly streaming high-definition videos or downloading tons of video games, notes BGR.

McAdam addressed several issues that came up regarding net neutrality during a conference call discussing the recent stake of Vodafone in Verizon Wireless.

Previously, Netflix accused Verizon of impeding streaming traffic, similar to what happened with Comcast.

It turns out that this issue was because of peering congestion, which means that the middleman system Netflix uses to stream content to Verizon customers couldn’t handle the traffic that was flowing through it.

While Verizon is expecting a deal from Netflix to stream content without interruption, McAdam expects that service providers and heavy broadband users should pay more money in order to keep the Web healthy.

“It’s only natural that the heavy users help contribute to the investment to keep the Web healthy,” McAdam explained during the call. “That is the most important concept of net neutrality.”

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The FCC needs to reign these greedy fricks in and Google needs to hurry and just cover the whole USA with fiber. We already have speeds lower than 3rd world countries and not everyone can even get high speed access yet they want you to pay more for their shitty service. This is an issue that really bothers me.

If you aren't aware they are also trying to stop municipalities from contributing to or operating their own internet service because "it creates less competition in the market." Those of you who enjoy the service in Laffayette will be fricked too if that bill passes.

Good Vid posted by Blue