[opendtv] Re: Court Tosses FCC's 'Net Neutrality' Rules
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 09:34:58 -0500
> On Jan 15, 2014, at 7:52 PM, "Manfredi, Albert E"
> <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Oh, I should have added another mechanism the high volume sites can use, and
> negotiate accordingly with the ISPs. We already spoke at length about this,
> Craig. The TV content distribution interests can offer to deploy those
> mirrored servers strategically, within ISP networks, at the content owner's
> or OTT site's expense. Doing that mitigates the core network capacity
> required for these streams.
There was nothing to prevent this and in many cases this has already happened.
But the ruling may now allow an ISP to cut a colocation deal with the CDN that
Netflix uses, and refuse to do the same for another CDN.
> Yes, this costs money too. Just like having broadcast towers costs money.
> Just like having to deploy cables and trucks, and make house calls, costs
> money to the traditional cable or DBS service. But the costs associated with
> providing that extra capacity are now borne more directly by the particular
> TV service, responsible for the servers, and this creates less of an impact
> to the ISP.
In other discussions we already established that it will be expensive to
upgrade various components of the Internet to offer a viable alternative to the
MVPDs and broadcasters.
The question is not whether these investments will be made, but rather, can
advantaged businesses or others with deep pockets use these investments to
maintain or gain control of yet another critical oligopoly service.
Regards
Craig
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