iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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| Not thick at all; I've seen that image before, several times.
I'm just saying that:
a) Net neutrality hasn't been a low for, well, forever.
b) Satellite internet is net-neutral, if all else fails. Capped and throttled after the cap, yes. Neutral? Also yes.
c) If all a company has to do to gain customers is to be net neutral (vs. offering faster speeds, lower prices, larger e-mail boxes) that's yet another product differentiator that may lure competition into a market.
Part C is, IMO, partially the reason that Time Warner Cable didn't go through with capping its users in central Texas. As soon as TWC made noise about caps, Grande Communications (cable overbuilder with plans a little below TWC's) immediately touted that their plans don't have caps. Additionally, Guadalupe Valley Telephone Cooperative is rolling out fiber and has both ILEC and CLEC abilities, so if TWC capped in any given area GVTC could move in, offer uncapped service and rake in high-ARPU customers with a relatively quick ROI ($2000 per fiber install isn't so horrible when you're pulling in $70 per month for 20/3 internet, plus money from cable and telephone service).
Whcih is how the system is supposed to work, at least IMO. |
| said by iansltx:b) Satellite internet is net-neutral, if all else fails. Capped and throttled after the cap, yes. Neutral? Also yes. Uh, what exactly makes Sat internet any more or less net-neutral that any other provider?
In fact, there is no major provider right now that isn't net-neutral, so I'm not sure how you're coming to the conclusion that Sat internet is somehow different, or how it's an entity that would be immune to changing their rules.
Also, TWC capping had nothing to do with net-neutrality. You can cap your customers and still offer access to everything. You'd just be paying more to get to it if you go over the cap.
Comcast was the only company that wasn't net-neutral for a while, because they actively reset p2p connections with Sandvine boxes. But they no longer do that. |
