Very interesting discussion - thanks!
Just one more angle - even though TW is modulating their bandwidth
across different services, this cap could still be twisted to encourage
end users to use their exclusive VOD or equivalent IP content. There was
a legal precedent for this some time back - where cable companies tried
to privilege their own channels over other entrants vying for carriage
(the problems of a carrier as a content producer). Finally - what of
IPTV systems like AT&T, how would this same scenario play on that type
of network delivery system - would it be more obviously a net neutrality
issue?
thanks!
Michael
saveaccess.org
[ This is a useful question to be thinking about for when we next discuss
this topic. That is, in IPTV systems like AT&T's U-verse (assuming they
get those 17K batteries replaced so that the VRAD cabinets don't get into
the habit of exploding) how will network neutrality issues enter into the
picture when the ISP's video offerings are an integrated portion of an
essentially unified broadband bit stream that also includes external
Internet communications?
By the way, while U-verse is not yet active in my area, AT&T seems to be
installing what appear to be rather bulky external fans over what I
believe is the original intake air vent on some local VRAD units here in
my neck of the woods. Perhaps overheating may be another issue with
these units. And it can get *hot* here during the summer.
-- Lauren Weinstein
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