[opendtv] Re: FCC issues net neutrality rules in face of Congress and carriers
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:10:27 -0500
Tom Barry wrote:
> But what we are talking about in net neutrality is whether
> the consumer also may get a larger or smaller pipe from the
> consumer ISP depending upon which sender he is receiving
> from. ... We would like to avoid that sort of
> discriminatory behavior.
It might be a nice goal, but I don't think it will work. The devil is in the
details.
Take the case of FiOS. They are not 100 percent IPTV, but their VOD offerings
are all IPTV. Okay, so now you have some TV streams that use Internet
Protocols, so in theory at least, they would fall under this net neutrality
clause, if one existed.
So, are you saying that Verizon MUST NOT offer its VOD service this way? Or
that Verizon's VOD service will be limited to whatever bit rate and QoS you
have agreed to for your FiOS Internet access? Or that all of the FiOS broadband
customers MUST have access to the FiOS VOD channels?
Or what about a telco that wants to offer all of its TV streams as IPTV? All
broadband customers MUST have access to the TV channels?
Bert
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