[opendtv] Re: Net Neutrality Fallout
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:11:57 +0000
Too much hand-wringing. I couldn't access the UPenn article, unfortunately, but
the other two were a little too doomsday about this (more so the LA Times).
Somehow or other, when bandwidth is still scarce for TV content on the
Internet, someone has to pay to upgrade the ISP systems. And presumably, pay an
amount consistent with usage. I can see court cases, perhaps, where content
owners sue an ISP for charging too much, e.g. when the content owner agrees to
install his own servers. Such court cases can be expected, and would eliminate
the possibility of favoritism. We sure don't want ISPs to become the new walled
gardens!
I might find the articles more believable if they addressed this issue.
Instead, they seem to lump everything under "neutrality," using that lingo to
put on some high drama.
I was also amused to see the inconsistent, or let's say "conflicted," attitude
about regulating the Internet like a telecom service. This is a completely
different discussion from who pays for egregious overuse of bandwidth. And
while such regulation might prevent the sort of favoritism that hasn't happened
yet, it would have absolutely no impact on the pricing models the ISPs can
apply. No one is going to force ISPs to give away bandwidth for free.
Bert
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