Joe, I may or may not totally agree with you... but damn I hope you post a little more often. Thanks for the insight from your experience.
I agree the market place is where this issue will be resolved, not us, not the government. If the top 2 streaming companies end up with 90% of the business in a couple years, going down Sprint's type of marketing path, history says costs to consumer will increase and a backlash will occur. Perhaps that backlash will happen earlier in the form of unfair lawsuits directed towards providers by some of the other free enterprise streaming companies losing their base. I cannot see as an example, Apple sitting back as Verizon, Sprint, Comcast and others favor delivering only Netflix and Sony TV or what have you... something will have to give.... in the free market place. Or maybe Apple TV or others lose customer base due to simply the added costs favors one over another by price or marketing policy. Will be another interesting time in the evolution of the Internet. On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Joe Fiero <[email protected]> wrote: > I don’t comment all that often here, but very much pay attention to the > voices of experience. On Net Neutrality, I have plenty to say. As with > most of my FCC comments, what I filed 2 weeks ago with them went against > the grain. I am a purist who has been in telecom since I repaired my first > CB radio for a neighbor at the age of 14. I helped launch Metromedia’s > cellular system in NY, a company I was a part owner in was the first > acquisition of Fleetcall in NY City. Anyone as old as me would remember > that Fleetcall became NexTel, and for the real youngsters, they were > acquired by Sprint for what turned out to be a total write-off of $35 > billion in December of 2004. I have been using unlicensed radio to link > communications sites since long before it went digital. > > > > One thing my experience and observations have taught me is that nothing > promotes innovation like free market. We need not look beyond our own > industry to prove that. When no one would service 40% of America, we > collectively built an industry that matured into a recognized and respected > market sector. I was involved in the previous formation of an industry > that is both parallel and intertwined with WISPS, that of home satellite > television. > > > > Back in the mid 1970’s a band of tenacious, adventurous experimenters took > handfuls of surplus junk and built home earth stations. In short order we > went from being pirates and thieves to an established medium to reach rural > America. It wasn’t long before the big money found us and pushed us out of > the way. We went from a place where we could make a respectable income to > being lackeys for DirecTV and DISH who generously paid us a few dollars to > do the job and then gave us a big residual of 50 cents to about two > dollars, on subscribers that ARPU of $100 or more. > > > > WISPs have been struggling to keep up with the Netflix demand since they > went to Internet delivery in 2009. Systems big and small quickly found > their choke points. And like in highway design, if you upgrade one > intersection, the traffic jam just moves to the next unimproved > intersection. The problem is, unlike the highway department, we don’t run > on tax revenue. We have to charge subscribers for a service that is both > fair and responsive to their needs. > > > > The SPRINT concept in the article is the most fair and responsible way to > assure that our infrastructure can meet the demand, and that those creating > the demand are the ones paying for it. The FCC needs to stop cow-towing to > the illiterate public who are still touting that they need to “protect the > FREE Internet”. Who gets this for free? If you are in a coffee shop, the > proprietor is paying for it. Public Wi-Fi is advertising or tax > subsidized. Do we get power, water, heating for free? > > > > Ten years ago we projected a mass movement from the PSTN to VoIP. Even > the industry experts never predicted a loss of 48% of copper lines in 10 > years. What was built up over a century dissipated in the blink of an > eye. We are again on the cusp of a shift in the paradigm that will see > cable and satellite users shift to Internet based delivery on any device > they desire. The same dramatic reduction witnessed in copper phone lines > awaits the traditional Multichannel marketplace. And along with the big > guns, we are on the front line. We will be expected to deliver copious > amounts of data to subscribers as they stream HD video and music to > multiple devices in their homes and offices. > > > > We, the WISP industry, need to step up our game if we are going to remain > part of this. We are going to have to emulate the cellular industry with > frequency reuse like we never imagined. We are going to have to replace > our older radios with ones that can deliver the required bandwidth, and our > backhauls are going to need enough capacity to handle all this. > > > > But how do we justify the cost, who do we charge, and how do we do it? > The early agreement with Verizon and Netflix that received the FCC’s > blessing was never going to benefit everyone. How long would it take for > you and I to get Netflix to pay for our “fast lane”? My guess was never. > > > > Netflix, Hulu, and the like have created a business model where they have > no cost to deliver a product to their users. They are using the > infrastructure built and paid for by others, then stirring up the ignorant > masses to complain to the FCC about the free Internet. I have learned the > hard way that no matter what is done to increase bandwidth, the increase is > negated in short order, often weeks if not days, by savvy users that > realize they can pull another stream and waste no time setting it up. > > > > The simple answer is, let the market decide. If you want Netflix, each > stream will cost you a monthly fee. Likewise for other streaming > services. This way the user pays, not everyone. > > > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Thursday, July 31, 2014 10:39 AM > *To:* WISPA General List > *Subject:* [WISPA] Net neutrality, The beginning of the end > > > > > http://www.droid-life.com/2014/07/30/12-a-month-for-facebook-sprint-tramples-over-net-neutrality-with-new-prepaid-plan/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DroidLife+%28Droid+Life%29&utm_content=FaceBook > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > -- -- Clay Stewart, CEO SCS Broadband 434.263.6363 O 434.942.6510 C [email protected] “We Keep You Up and Running” Please send sales inquiries to [email protected] Please send service/repair requests to [email protected]
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