On 2015-02-26 8:57 PM, Tony Estep wrote:
Unfortunately, so-called "neutrality" means that one company, Netflix, can corner it without paying for it. Netflix accounts for up to 35% of internet traffic, and is really the one and only beneficiary of this ruling. Everybody else is subsidizing them.
Netflix and other information providers play plenty to enter the data on the web. Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner, etc. have no business holding the end users for ransom when it comes to receiving that data and/or determining what data the user may access. At least they are being told they can't do with broadband what they (the cable companies) have done to niche players in the video arena for decades (pay for play). Not only should the consumer access providers be treated like common carriers, they should be treated like public utilities they are and be required to provide equivalent service levels at the same price to all customers whether they live in the metropolitan core or some- where west of Last Gasp. Cable companies have forever "creamed" their franchise areas, shaking down developers for the cost of wiring new projects and/or demanding CC&Rs that limit access to competing service, and wiring high density housing while bypassing older areas with one home per one, five or ten acres even when both are encompassed by the same franchise territory. Perhaps this will start to put an end to one of the poorest performing and most variable user access systems in the world. When it comes to data rates and cost the US isn't even in the top tier. 73, ... Joe, W4TV ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
