Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
1 edit | Why stop at 2 tiers?
Why dont we just make it an 8, 10, or even 1000 tier network?
We can have one tier for web browsing. One tier for P2P. One tier for video casting. One for actual IPTV. One for IP Phones. One for multi player games, which we can then divide up per game. One for streaming music. One for FTP. One for news groups. One for Windows Updates. One for linux distros. One tier for porn, or maybe just create a whole new "internet" for porn. We can create new internet protocols for every program out there and do away with that pesky TCP/IP along with the simplicity and freedom of packet passing it provides. Then within those tiers we can tier the providers based on how much they want to pay. The backbone providers can then auction off the priority levels of each tier since they interconnect the world. Then the broadband providers can get in a spat with the backbone providers over their "cut" since they connect the consumers. And backbone providers can then start tiering broadband providers. Why should UUNet let SBC/AT&T just use their network for free? They should have to pay UUNet tiering fees to help them upgrade their backbone to support the additional subscribers they are signing up with broadband. If they aren't willing to pay, then they should get lower priority then someone like Comcast that is willing to play.
Point of this is simple. Every single piece of the internet puzzle fits together and without one you do not have the others. You have the backbone providers, the broadband providers, the content providers, and the consumers. ALL of them are just as vital to the survival of the internet and one another. ALL of them fuel the bottom line of the others and are the very reason of their existence (stay on internet here). Content providers attract the consumers. Broadband providers provide the experience. Backbone providers interconnect the broadband providers to the content providers enabling the consumers to ultimately get the information they wanted seamlessly. Every piece of the chain here is interconnected. Every piece of the chain pays their share to survive and maintain the internet. ANYONE saying they don't is simply an idiot. If they didn't then we wouldnt be as far into the internet as we are today as compared to 10 years ago. We didnt get here today because free bandwidth rides were given or because providers (backbone or broadband) were just pulling bandwidth out of their rears. As the need arised and the additional cost were justified, the networks were upgraded. This happens on every end from the content providers all the way to the consumer.
I personally have not seen any content provider requesting higher priority in their packets. I have not seen a single service on the internet require higher priority that was not worked out by the developer. That is the great thing about the internet. One creates a use for it, that use is modified and somewhat perfected over time based on what they have to work with. |
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GigahertZ420
join:2001-10-02
Fairbanks, AK |  This is really an awesome post! |
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guitarzan
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Skytop, PA
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How will dial up users figure into this 2 tiered equation.? Will 56k have to be the 3rd tier,how much will dial up users have to pay.?
When this 2 tiered internet becomes reality and I have to pay for viewing web pages over a commodity (DSL) that I already pay for,in advance mind you. I will cancel DSL in a heartbeat and disconnect my modem& router from the net, in doing so I will save myself some $$$ ,because i simply refuse to pay for some hair brained greedy get rich scheme Fsck it, because it won't be worth it.So AT&T or any other ISP put that in your pipe and smoke it.
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phantom6294
join:2002-02-27
Abingdon, MD | reply to Skippy25
all I can say is...
"dang skippy!!!"
For those unfamiliar with that phrase... see this link. |
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Jigsaw
Stardust We Are
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Cleveland, OH
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said by guitarzan  :How will dial up users figure into this 2 tiered equation.? Will 56k have to be the 3rd tier,how much will dial up users have to pay.? When this 2 tiered internet becomes reality and I have to pay for viewing web pages over a commodity (DSL) that I already pay for,in advance mind you. I will cancel DSL in a heartbeat and disconnect my modem& router from the net, in doing so I will save myself some $$$ ,because i simply refuse to pay for some hair brained greedy get rich scheme Fsck it, because it won't be worth it.So AT&T or any other ISP put that in your pipe and smoke it. If everyone thought like that we would not even see them say anything.Its a shame thou there would still be sheepeople that will just blindly do whatever.Just up and stop using it for a week or better yet cancel it all together.They could care less about us but hit em were it hurts well they care then.
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N3OGH
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Philly burbs | reply to guitarzan
Amen.
If I, as a consumer, have to pay both to have internet service, and then pay every web site I go to a chunk to boot, I would cancel my service.
Really, what would be the point... |
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