[ale] Net Neutrality, Anyone?

Alan Hightower alan at alanlee.org
Mon Feb 24 17:57:22 EST 2014


 

This is why Internet monopolies are bad. Even if Netflix threatened a
power pull and dismissed it's own customers connected through Verizon's
networks in similar fashion to the fights ESPN, Fox, and AMC have had
with Dish Network, consumers wouldn't have an out. Most people on
Verizon or Comcast Internet service do not have a competitive option for
high speed broadband. Across an alarming percentage of this county,
there just isn't competition anymore for the pipe. It's sad really. 

-Alan 

On 2014-02-24 15:37, Jim Kinney wrote: 

> The "last mile" providers should not also be backbone providers. Nor should they be stakeholders in content providers.
> 
> Along those same lines, content providers should not be in cahoots with backbone, last mile, or other delivery businesses (think Disney and it's own distribution system). 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Stephen R. Blevins <stephen.r.blevins at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/02/23/comcasts-deal-with-netflix-makes-network-neutrality-obsolete/?tid=pm_pop [1]
>> 
>> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/02/netflix-packets-being-dropped-every-day-because-verizon-wants-more-money/ [2]
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http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/02/netflix-packets-being-dropped-every-day-because-verizon-wants-more-money/
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