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Jason Levine
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Re: More Confusing The Issue

I wouldn't oppose a telecom building a "fast lane" for their own stuff (HDTV, Digital Phone, etc) so long as the general Internet connection doesn't suffer. Suppose an ISP decides that they should getting more revenues from Digital Phone and so they degrade down all Internet connections to make services like Vonage unreliable. I would classify that as being against the principles of Network Neutrality.

The problem is that, as ISPs move from being merely "pipe providers" to "pipe and content providers", they will run into situations where their own service, delivered on their own lines, competes with third party services on third party lines. The temptation will be very great to find some way of leveraging the line ownership to better compete with the service.
permalink · 2007-06-20 11:54:10 · Print · Reply to this

en102
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Re: More Confusing The Issue

I agree 100%.

Telcos/Cable Co's providing VoIP don't necessarily want apps such as Skype or Vonage competing.

Similarly, I suspect that YouTube and now Netflix online will be hitting road blocks.

ISPs are moving to the old AOL style where they sell it all, bundled, and will not want competition. Wireless has been like that since the start. Wireless won't allow for VoIP, streaming or anything outside of light browsing, unless its provided by them, and their content provider ... for a fee
permalink · 2007-06-20 12:09:53 · Print · Reply to this

n2jtx

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Glen Head, NY
·Optimum Online
said by Jason Levine See Profile :

I wouldn't oppose a telecom building a "fast lane" for their own stuff (HDTV, Digital Phone, etc) so long as the general Internet connection doesn't suffer. Suppose an ISP decides that they should getting more revenues from Digital Phone and so they degrade down all Internet connections to make services like Vonage unreliable. I would classify that as being against the principles of Network Neutrality.
As long as their "fast lane" does not take away from my service I am okay with it. If I am paying for a 10mbps speed and they throttle that down to 1mbps on outside connections so that they can deliver 10mpbs for "their" services then that would be against net neutrality principles.
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permalink · 2007-06-20 12:16:29 · Print · Reply to this
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