And unfortunately, neutrality swings both ways. For example, T-Mobile doesn’t count music streaming against your data cap, something most customers probably like. But since their list doesn’t include EVERY music streaming service, they could be in trouble. Or if Netflix wanted to pay them to not count Netflix streaming against the data cap, so-called sponsored data, that probably won’t pass muster either. I see it as no different than stores that pay for your parking, or Amazon Prime having free shipping. But innovations like that are a threat to the Open Internet.
From: Glen Waldrop Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 12:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] "Net neutrality" Right, so punish Comcast, not WISPs. One jackass breaks the law, so lets punish everyone. Just like public school all over again. Apparently we never outgrow this stupidity. From: David Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 11:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] "Net neutrality" Agreed... Thanks Comcast :) On 02/11/2015 11:21 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: That's what got us into the mess we're now in. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Brett A Mansfield" mailto:[email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 11:20:07 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] "Net neutrality" It may be legal, but why should I be required to provide someone access to a paid service without getting anything from it? It’s like telling a retailer that they can sell their product in the mall without having to pay any rent. Thank you, Brett A Mansfield Silver Lake Internet > On Feb 11, 2015, at 10:16 AM, Ken Hohhof mailto:[email protected] wrote: > > Block legal content? No. > > > -----Original Message----- From: Brett A Mansfield > Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 10:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] "Net neutrality" > > I was kind of wondering another thing about this proposal. I know it will make it so we cannot have "fast and slow lanes", but can we block a service completely? For example, the new sling TV? > > Thank you, > Brett A Mansfield > >> On Feb 11, 2015, at 9:46 AM, GW List mailto:[email protected] wrote: >> >> I've sent letters to my senator and representative. >> >> We'll see. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Brett A Mansfield >> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 12:28 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [AFMUG] "Net neutrality" >> >> >> I just ready yet another article on the so called "net neutrality" the FCC will be voting on Feb 26th. This government overreach is going to force me to have to register to collect taxes on all of my customers, which I'll need to pay someone to do for me to make sure I stay in compliance, which will require that I raise prices to cover my increased costs. >> >> It will also prevent me from being able to run any kind of QoS on my network, so goodbye to any decent VoIP calls. >> >> I for one would like to keep the government out of my business beyond what they already are. The article I read stated that it will likely pass. If it does, I think something very "extreme" may need to be done. If in protest every ISP in the USA shut down their networks either until the law was repealed or for just a day or two strike I think the government would get the picture, and if they didn't then the millions of people complaining to them about it would certainly help. >> >> I know that is very extreme, but just a thought. Anyone else have any ideas? Perhaps if we just threaten to do so may help? I'm just spitballing here, so please don't think I'm being to crazy. I just want the discussion to begin of what we could really do to stop this. >> >> Thank you, >> Brett A Mansfield > >
