I think you and I disagree on the definition of "anti-competitive".
But that's fine. There is more than one problem to solve. I just figured the FCC thing was timely and operational. -- TTFN, patrick On Apr 24, 2014, at 10:53 , Bob Evans <b...@fiberinternetcenter.com> wrote: > Gee whiz, why would any network have an issue with this ? > > After all just about everyone continues to buys Cisco gear. Gear from a > router company that decided to compete against it's own customer base. > Cisco did when it invested heavily and took stock in one of it's > customers, Cogent. Cogent the largest network responsible (for the most > part) of lowering the overall bandwidth prices, because it could now > afford too. Networks today continue to feed Cisco money (buying their > gear) despite the anti-competitive nature of that deal which kindled all > this. Still to this day, Cisco fuels Cogent's (anti-competitive) low > bandwidth pricing. By handing Cisco dollars, from that day forward, we > voted for fewer ISPs & Backbones in the future. > > Suck in your gut, because, it's to late to cry about it now. This concern > is over a decade late. That's how we got to this point. "Cause and Effect > - and the Blinders we put on". > > How can that be fixed ? More government regulations ? > > Bob Evans > CTO > >> Anyone afraid what will happen when companies which have monopolies can >> charge content providers or guarantee packet loss? >> >> In a normal "free market", if two companies with a mutual consumer have a >> tiff, the consumer decides which to support. Where I live, I have one >> broadband provider. If they get upset with, say, a streaming provider, I >> cannot choose another BB company because I like the streaming company. I >> MUST pick another streaming company, as that is the only thing I can >> "choose". >> >> How is this good for the consumer? How is this good for the market? >> >> -- >> TTFN, >> patrick >> >> http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/04/23/the-fcc-is-planning-new-net-neutrality-rules-and-they-could-enshrine-pay-for-play/ >> >> >> Composed on a virtual keyboard, please forgive typos. >> >> >> > >
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