Pat, I believe you're absolutely correct that the networks are going to need to be "smart" and take into account different data types and route/shape accordingly for the networks to be efficient. Net neutrality as originally conceived in the Markey amendment allowed for that.
Here's the deal/misunderstanding. According the the original Markey Bill (it's not clear yet what the new one specifies) networks CAN discriminate based on data type - so ISPs can totally manage traffic by taking into account the nature of the data type - they could NOT discriminate based on data origination (they could not, for example, give more bandwidth within the network to CBS vs me). About network neutrality and competition. First, of course, if everyone has a fair playing field within the network (like a phone call from me to you, gets the same priority as a phone call from one AT&T executive to another), then competition will be increased, sine it allows innovators and start ups with lots of ideas and little money to compete and, in fact, we've seen this a lot already afforded by the web. Second, competition was SEVERELY curtailed when some court somewhere ruled that cable, and then dsl companies do not have to abide by common carriage laws when it comes to the internet. So, with phone lines, the companies who built the lines have to share the lines with other phone companies (they get a lot of tax breaks for building them and they are the default carrier, so it's still a good deal for them). Makes sense, of course, since we don't want every phone company building lines through public right aways and such. However, the internet with cable and dsl is not treated that way. This is why you only have one choice of ISP if you use one company's dsl lines, and same with cable. Remember with dial up when you could use different ISPs? Very very non-competitive, and surely one reason why there is so little build out of high speed lines in the US compared to other first-world countries - no motivation to do so, when you have a service monopoly on the lines already built. ... just explaining what may be some misunderstanding about what "network neutrality" is, and why it came into being ... Richard On Feb 13, 2008 11:29 AM, Patrick Delongchamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Internet traffic has double in the last two years and bandwidth usage > has increased by 40% each year. > > Why allow companies to charge for usage, manage traffic, and invest in > new technology when you can kill competition and force the entire > internet to slow down because of 5% of users? The creator of > BitTorrent is even opposed to net neutrality. > > This article does a good job of highlighting the problems ISPs are > facing as bandwidth use increases. No one here seems to be able to > offer a solution to these issues. > > > On Feb 13, 2008 11:49 AM, Tim Street <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]<tim%40frenchmaidtv.com>> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry about that. > > > > Try this one: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120286741569864053.html > > > > > > Tim Street > > Creator/Executive Producer > > French Maid TV > > Subscribe for FREE @ > > http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes > > MyBlog > > http://1timstreet.com > > > > On Feb 13, 2008, at 8:43 AM, David Meade wrote: > > > > > that url doesnt work for me. > > > > > > On Feb 13, 2008 11:39 AM, Tim Street <[EMAIL > > > PROTECTED]<tim%40frenchmaidtv.com>> > wrote: > > > > Officials Step Up Net-Neutrality Efforts > > > > > > > > Here's an update from the Wall Street Journal > > > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/3dzjbr > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tim Street > > > > Creator/Executive Producer > > > > French Maid TV > > > > Subscribe for FREE @ > > > > http://frenchmaidtv.com/itunes > > > > MyBlog > > > > http://1timstreet.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.DavidMeade.com > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > -- Richard http://richardhhall.org Shows http://richardshow.org http://inspiredhealing.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
