"ISPs generally have all pledged not to block or throttle but have reserved
judgment on prioritizing, which they suggest has pro-consumer and
pro-competitive aspects."
What kind of naïve nincompoop would believe that?
I think that to drive the point home, instead of confusing the issue with
minutiae, the question SHOULD be whether people want their Internet service to
become more like their MVPD service. Do you want the (typically monopolistic
and very sticky) service provider to be in cahoots with the sources of content?
Do you approve of your broadband service inspecting packets, for purposes other
than just security, and deciding what content gets through? Do you think it's
okay if your broadband provider turns the Internet into an AOL-like walled
garden, deciding for you what you have access to?
People on the take will pretend this won't happen, because of course, it lines
their pockets. But we've seen this model in operation for at least 4 decades,
and we've seen the consequences. We've seen those pathetic cases of both
(too-greedy-for-their-own-good) parties trying to blame the other side, for
providing piss-poor service to the paying customer. When very clearly, the
problem is inherent to the business model itself.
There is nothing that obliges the telecoms to be corrupted that way. No
historical precedent, no common sense argument. Only crooks on the take would
want this.
Bert
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http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/walden-well-hold-hearing-paid-prioritization/171416
Washington
Jan 29, 2018 01:45 PM ET
Walden: We'll Hold Hearing on Paid Prioritization
Says public and Congress needs more info
By John Eggerton
Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) says the Energy & Commerce Committee will hold a
hearing on paid prioritization.
That came at the State of the Net conference in Washington Monday (Jan. 29).
Walden, who chairs the committee, said there was agreement on no blocking and
no throttling of internet content, but that the public and the committee needed
more schooling on the impact of paid prioritization "so we can get the policy
right."
He said paid prioritization "gets into how the internet works today."
The FCC on Dec. 14 voted to eliminate the prohibitions on blocking, throttling
and paid prioritization. ISPs generally have all pledged not to block or
throttle but have reserved judgment on prioritizing, which they suggest has
pro-consumer and pro-competitive aspects.
Walden agrees, saying that vital info needs to be prioritized over the latest
cat video, for example. He said that through CDNs (content delivery networks),
the internet is prioritized today.
He said there were things like prioritizing 911 voice over cat videos makes
sense. I don't think they are fully understood by the public or my colleagues,
or myself."
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