 woody7Premium
join:2000-10-13
Torrance, CA | hmmm..... Don't most of use the "internet" for the content? why should I end up paying xtra? (which I'm sure will be passed on to us)
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| Weeeeell.. actually the owners/user/leasor of the pipe usually pay for the pipe and are also charged for bandwidth per bit/byte used.
the real gripe is the other isp's whose users on dsl/cable are not paying the per bit/byte so they (isp's) feel somehow cheated that they can't get their slice of the pie.
If they charged the end user per byte/bit used, the isp would soon get very lonely and have a lot of unused equipment laying around.
God knows how they'll screech when IPTV-HD comes about with its bandwith requirements.
Watch a 1 hour TV show in HD get a $150 bill for bandwidth usage.  |
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| Exactly. They want to double-dip. It's like if the post office charged people to send mail to you, then charged them again for you to receive the mail. |
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said by iotastorm:Weeeeell.. actually the owners/user/leasor of the pipe usually pay for the pipe and are also charged for bandwidth per bit/byte used. the real gripe is the other isp's whose users on dsl/cable are not paying the per bit/byte so they (isp's) feel somehow cheated that they can't get their slice of the pie. If they charged the end user per byte/bit used, the isp would soon get very lonely and have a lot of unused equipment laying around. God knows how they'll screech when IPTV-HD comes about with its bandwith requirements. Watch a 1 hour TV show in HD get a $150 bill for bandwidth usage. Exactly! These idiots are looking for ways to have content providers pay more for something they're already paying for under the disguise that it will protect the end user. HA!! Raise your rates FOO! If you can't handle it, get out the the business.
ISPs charge each other to access their lines. Obviously some ISPs are on the short end of the stick and are crying about it. I remember Cogent being on the receiving end of some blockage due to the large amount of bandwidth they allow their users to consume (we use cogent at the office and all I have to say is...WOW!) |
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What if the highway department made the argument that they should get paid by Walmart because everything in their store was delivered via the roads and highways?
That is the argument for killing netneutrality. The only reason its being taken seriously is because there is so much lobbying coming from the AT&T/Verizon that has the politicians concentrating on the "tubes" and not what is really at stake. If net neutrality dies, we are at the ILEC's mercy to determine what the internet will be like from no on. |
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