I'd have to disagree on bandwidth caps. If you use a lot of bandwidth, you should pay more for it. This will encourage innovation and competition in ISPs because they'll have to (and have money to) build better networks for those paying for it.
If your grandmother wants to download movies every night. Why do I have to deal with a slower network. She should have to pay more and therefor the ISPs can spend more on upgrading the network. Otherwise, they're not going to do it for the 5%. Better to begin charging more now before we all become the 5%. NBC wouldn't tell comcast to send them to the front of the line because then everyone would ask for the same thing. Are NBC, CBS, etc *all* going to be at the front of the line? ISPs will have to create a second tiered service in order to make the extra cost worth it. Your videoblogs would still transmit fine but NBC would be able to ensure better quality at a higher cost. (and asking to slow down CBS would probably be illegal) As for anti-competitive stuff. The article that began this discussion talks about how an ISP blocked Vonage but was forced to stop. Of course I wouldn't be in favour of this being legal. On Feb 13, 2008 3:01 PM, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Wouldn't it still be better for ISPs to be able to offer preferred > > service over a 2nd tiered network to those willing to pay for it > > though? For example, if vonage wanted to make sure they were offering > > high quality phone service, they might be willing to pay more. or if a > > hospital wanted to perform operations by distance using robotics > > (telesurgery?) and needed to ensure they had a reliable connection. > > This would encourage innovation, investment and competition. > > agreed. > They do charge for higher bandwidth now. ( i pay extra for a higher > upload speed) > > I can see them charging for bandwdith caps as well....but this will > certainly stifle innovation and commercialism. > Can you imagine having a bandwidth cap, going to a website, and having > to make a decision if you want to load the page/video/audio? > every click becomes a decision so new players will likely get less play. > (ask anyone who uses satellite internet with a monthly 1000mb traffic > limit) > > > > It's hard to believe ISPs would slow down the internet for everyone > > else just because certain companies want better service. Comcast is > > already demonstrating that the opposite is true. TV networks are > > offering shows via torrents but Comcast is willing to slow them down > > in order to provide better service for the general public. > > what is NBC tells Comcast, "yo, we'll pay you 50million each year to > give us higher priority. (also, can you slow down ABC?)" > > > > If an ISP started sending packets to the end of the line for > > anti-competitive reasons, wouldn't this be against the law anyway? > > great question. > I know of no law saying that Comcast cant do that now. > They are private company and can do anything they want. > (i hope im wrong so please double fact check me) > > > Jay > > -- > http://jaydedman.com > 917 371 6790 > Professional: http://ryanishungry.com > Personal: http://momentshowing.net > Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ > Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman > RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 >
