Re: [DLC] Community Broadband in North Carolina

This reminds me of how major ISP's have contractual terms under which
you cannot host your own services. While I understand an ISP's need to
control the traffic of its own network, they are excersizing quite a
bit of liberty/latitude to restrict the terms of service, in my humble
opinion. My logic is, I am paying for a service, that is downstream
AND upstream, not JUST downstream. Furthermore I am being restricted
from fully utilizing a service that I'm paying for. Cap my upstream
and call it a day (which is already done), but don't push it further
and tell me how to use a service you're providing me with and bill it
as all inclusive when it's not.

I understand that hosting can affect quality of service for all
subscribers, but that depends on how much traffic you get. Isn't
bandwidth what I'm paying for in the first place?

I imagine hosting companies don't really care about this because
they're making money off of it.

If what you're really selling me is just downstream, it's unfair for
me pay a premium for it, as if I were paying for quality upstream
and/or the ability to host. Upstream activity must occur anyway but
it's capped to the bare minimum.

I wonder if those community or smaller ISPs provide a more fair amount
of upstream or have more lenient terms of service.

Forgive me if my understanding of some of these things is flawed.
Maybe there is a good reason for hosting companies' existence. Perhaps
I'd like to have my pie and eat it, too. But hey, I'm paying good
money for internet service. Where is all that money going? I don't
think my ISP is exactly suffering despite the economy, due to
subscription volume. Exactly how much are major ISP's hurting for more
bandwidth to support subscribers? Who else can you turn to for
internet service these days, anyway? Pickings are slim.

If there are any telco workers out there, please tell me what I'm getting wrong.

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Larry Garfield <[email protected]> wrote:
> OK, I know DePaul isn't in North Carolina, but there's a good chance
> that many of its students are from there.  If you are, or know someone
> who is, this is important:
>
> http://www.rootstrikers.org/story/community-broadband/
>
> (And if you're not from NC, it's still important.  Go read.)
>
> --Larry Garfield
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