Might I use your opinions in a letter to my state rep to support Wyden's bill? It sounds much more articulate than what I could have come up with.
-Terry
Man, I miss one call-in opp and the whole thing falls apart. LOL.
I was stoked to hear Molly and V talk about this too.
Debate over Net Neutrality heats up
http://news.com.com/2100-1037_3-6049863.html
"Today consumers who want access to high-bandwidth
applications like video must subscribe to expensive
broadband packages. These consumers may not need all
this bandwidth all the time, but today they're forced
to pay a flat fee for a set slice of Net access."
**What? Broadband may be pricey, but prices are coming down! You pay a flat fee for access. It isn't like you're paying for bandwidth you don't get! Thats like saying we're paying for speed we don't get on the highway when we rent a car and only drive 40 in town. Servers pay for bandwidth. This paragraph is very misleading.
"If network operators were able to provide priority to
this video traffic through their network and charge
the content providers for this priority, their
customers could access their content over lower-speed
broadband connections. In this scenario, a tiered
service could actually benefit consumers, they argue."
**So. In other words, if they can shift the cost to the content providers (liek Google) they can then charge customers less but also give them lower bandwidth? Makes no sense to me. They just said people can't afford high bandwidth but don't want it. Now they're saying people only need low bandwidth?
"Representatives from the phone companies say these
fears (of unfair content delivery) are unfounded
because customers would not allow this to happen."
****Absolutely. If we had a choice we would leave any company that uses this stinking plan. But do we have a choice? we don't pick the backbones as consumers.
"We have no intention of blocking or degrading other
services on our network," said David Young, vice
president of federal regulatory issues for Verizon.
"We are giving customers what they want, which is fast
pipes at a low cost. Anyone who tries to take that
away from consumers will be punished by the market."http://reviews.cnet.com/5200-10152-0.html?forumID=97#
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***Truly amazing doublespeak. 'We don't degrade service we will just start charging cuberextortion for any advancements. If you're willing to be stuck int he now, no problem. 'We'll give you fast pipes at no cost' even though the cost is shifted to the content providers. and we admitted we're going to give you lower bandwidth anyway.
-Tom

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