Wireless Carriers Oppose Neutrality Rules > Of Course They Oppose Openness

reply to openbox9

Re: Of Course They Oppose Openness

I don't want unlimited miles. I just want to go to my local mechanic, coffee shop, grocery store, etc with the car I bought. I'd rather not be forced to go to Ford or an affiliated company for everything I do with that car.

reply to baineschile
When you lease a car, does your lease stipulate that you must only use gasoline purchased from the auto manufacturer? Or does it stipulate that you can only drive on interstates, and are prohibited from running the vehicle on dirt roads? Or that you can't drive it into the states of Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas, and California? Of course not-- that would be just plain silly.

To me, an ISP telling you that you can use their video streaming app, but not another's, is similar to the above scenarios. If AT&T allows one video streaming app to run on one type of handset on their network, then it should be fair game to use other video streaming apps on all handsets on their network.

If you're paying for access to the internet with a 5GB monthly cap, that essentially means that you're paying for the right to flow 5GB worth of data through their pipes each month. It is disingenuous of them to sell 5GB worth of access but place enough restrictions on what you can do to essentially limit you to several hundred megs at most. Perhaps the next publicity campaign that AT&T runs should read "AT&T: The Michael Moore of Wireless Service". That just about sums it up: lie, cheat, and screw your customers as much as possible to increase your bottom line.

I'll agree with what one of the previous posters said... There isn't much I agree with the Obama administration on, but I do agree with them on net neutrality. It is time for these companies to stop hiding behind the "Bandwidth hog! You'll take the network down!" ruse and actually spend some of those billions in profit upgrading their networks.
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