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Re: Net Neutrality issue??? said by hottboiinnc:Net Neutrality only means charging the Content Provider extra for delivering content to the ISP's customer. In return the ISP is PAYING the Content provider, which they do willingly. Most definitions of Network Neutrality are broader than that, and include non-discrimination on the basis of source, destination, or application (or port in technical terms) of traffic. Since the end result is a service being blocked or degraded based on an IP address, a clear violation of Network Neutrality is taking place.
I bet the larger ISPs are kicking themselves for not thinking of this first. Or did they? Maybe they were thinking "If we can't implement favoritism to maintain a cable/cell phone like business model, let's have the content providers do it themselves." Of course, they've realized by now they can't be the ones to pull the trigger, so maybe some under-the-table dealing took place. That might explain why the cost is higher for smaller ISPs. |
