[opendtv] Re: FCC issues net neutrality rules in face of Congress and carriers
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:17:58 -0400
At 6:25 PM -0400 10/24/09, Albert Manfredi wrote:
Kon Wilms wrote:
Net neutrality is about ensuring that the gatekeeper
providers rolling out services to areas can *not*
give preferential service treatment to providers
they are in bed with and turn their neck of the
woods into a restrictive walled garden.
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.
This is pure rubbish. Most of their net is ALREAD walled, and they
are desperately trying to keep it that way, even as the network
technology causes EVERYTHING to converge on the handling of IP packet
data.
There is no question that a cable company can deliver VOD and charge
for it. But this does not mean that they should be able to charge
more if you use your Cable modem to download a movie from the
Internet; nor should they be able to block this.
And as far as incentives to keep building the broadband
infrastructure, there is no problem as long as demand keeps growing.
And there is an additional incentive: Put too much effort into
propping up your dying business model(s) and you will not survive to
be a player in the future.
There is nothing unseemly about technology killing what were once
viable industries - buggy whips come to mind. But Garmin and Tom Tom
come to mind too, and they are just a short flash in the pan, enabled
by technology then eaten by it (Google and Android to be specific).
Some business models have long product life cycles because there is
little need to move beyond them. Some have staying power because of
political gerrymandering, and payoffs to the politicians. But
eventually the marketplace moves on. This has happened to
broadcasting in this decade and will happen to the MPVDs in the next
decade.
Anyone want to install a new wireline phone?
Regards
Craig
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