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Today and into tomorrow, content comes from everyday people more than ever before... not just broadcasting entities, big business and government. Preserving the everyday peoples right and ability to use the Internet to distribute rich content at fair costs is critical to the future (and the open evolution) of world culture.
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On 5/25/06, Mike Hudack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think this conversation is missing a key element. I'll try to provide it. :-D
Publishers are already paying for network access. In fact, they're already paying based on what they consume. Not only that, they're paying more for high priority access.
Blip Networks (aka blip.tv) pays several different bandwidth providers each and every month to make sure that we have enough bandwidth to serve up all the wonderful content people ask us to distribute for them. We even pay more for higher quality bandwidth. The telcos serving the last mile can see some of that cash, even today. That's how Internet peering works (and why it works).
Check it out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering_agreement
What the telcos are talking about here is adding an extra (and unneeded) layer with the express purpose of having some control over what comes over their wires. They're scared to death of Vonage and, now that the telcos are getting into the TV business, sites like Google Video and blip.tv too.
Yours,
MikeOn 5/25/06, David Meade <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
On 5/25/06, Charles HOPE < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Are you demanding that FedEx deliver all packages for the same price? Yes, perhaps they wish to charge a flat rate per ounce. But what if they wanted to charge businesses more than nonprofits? What if they wanted to take bids? What if they charged more for speedy delivery?No, but I dont think these two things have enough similarity to be a reasonable comparison. This isnt about what FedEx would charge per package, but what they would charge per package based on who you were. Its as if FedEx said "we'll delever everything for 1$ unless you are a registered repulbican in which case you have to pay $347".I'm ok with the telcos deciding they are going to charge users based on bandwidth consumed. It even makes sense. But thats not what they are asking for.They are asking for a system where they can limit what is available for consumers to spend that bandwidth on in the first place.They are asking to create an environment where inovative new companies or political grass root groups would have to compete FINACIALLY with Microsoft and the GOP just for the right to have that content available.Charge the downloaders not The People trying to use their 1st amendment rights.
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