On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Albert Manfredi <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Of course, Kon. And I'm saying that this has to be done carefully, because if > these broadband providers cannot make any part of their net "walled," they > will simply be discouraged from deploying it. Ha. Surely you jest. You're saying that if the provider can not nickel and dime the consumer to the maximum, then they will not want to deploy. You have been brainwashed by telco-speak/excuses. > Do you really expect Verizon to deploy anything as fast as FiOS if they were > mandated to unwall it entirely? Nonsense. Never happen. History shows this. I don't think so. DSL was originally at 384k speeds. It has improved significantly due to competition. Cable, DSL and FiOS all compete based on bandwidth alone. And they still make a profit - most of the time without upgrading any infrastructure running to the customer termination points. No wonder we are the broadband laughing stock of the world. Also, good job on the strawman argument of 'deploying broadband' when this is not the issue of contention. Here's what your no-net-neutrality world will look like: http://i.imgur.com/5RrWm.png You're saying this is a great idea? That it is required to deploy broadband? Do you have a better excuse to present, perhaps? Cheers Kon ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.