Re: Court Tosses FCC's 'Net Neutrality' Rules
Calvin Browne <[email protected]>
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I think (and I stress think) that net neutrality = rights expropriation. What next will you be forced to do on your network? --Calvin On 15/01/2014 14:55, Graham Leggett wrote: > On 15 Jan 2014, at 9:26 AM, dominic <[email protected]> wrote: > >> [1]http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB100014240527023040497045793205 >> 00441593462 >> >> >> WASHINGTON--A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday threw out federal rules >> requiring broadband providers to treat all Internet traffic equally, >> raising the prospect that bandwidth-hungry websites >> like [2]Netflix Inc. [3]NFLX +0.34% might have to pay tolls to ensure >> quality service. > While I am a strong supporter of net neutrality, I don't think ISPs are in a position to demand tolls to ensure quality service. Having seen how it works from the inside, ISP comes to broadcaster and says "pay extra to cross our network!", broadcaster replies "not paying, no, but we can cut you off completely instead if you like?". ISP backs down mumbling. > > From the customer's side, when the customer sees poor quality Netflix, they change ISPs. Any ISP attempting to extract a toll or degrade service would be punished by the market. > > Regards, > Graham > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > IOZ mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.internet.org.za/mailman/listinfo/ioz _______________________________________________ IOZ mailing list [email protected] http://lists.internet.org.za/mailman/listinfo/ioz