One other thing, where did the internet come from?
Don't post no Al Gore trash, just tell me where the internet came from.
More importantly is who is paying for it.
One other thing, where did the internet come from?
Don't post no Al Gore trash, just tell me where the internet came from.
which is exactly ass backwards to what the comcast/twc merger would do ... ALL mega mergers will have a honey moon period .. followed by HUGE spikes in costs! don't believe me .. look at what you are paying for communication costs after Ma Bell was allowed to merged back together ... look at our fuel prices after remnants of Standard Oil was allowed to MEGA merge back together.
Yes, and when the ISPs throttle their traffic and charge Netflix, Hulu, and Vonnage more for a "Fast Lane" who is paying for THAT?More importantly is who is paying for it.
Yes, and when the ISPs throttle their traffic and charge Netflix, Hulu, and Vonnage more for a "Fast Lane" who is paying for THAT?
Yes, net neutrality has been great for the growth of the internet so far.You have absolutely no idea what it costs to build a network. And for the rest of you gurus most everything (not just your internet connection) runs across a fiber backbone powered with 32TB routers. Data traffic is growing exponentially. It is somewhere in the neighborhood of 5000% every three years. Billions are being invested just here in Oklahoma by everyone in the business just trying to keep up with demand. Five years ago an OC12 or 48 was considered a high capacity circuit. Then the standard carrier was bumped up to 1G three years or so ago. Just a year ago 10G became the new standard and starting later this year 100G has been approved for roll out.
Oh, and out comes the S word already.The customers who use their services. What you're advocating is a form of socializing the Internet with a big brother deciding who wins and loses.
You have absolutely no idea what it costs to build a network. And for the rest of you gurus most everything (not just your internet connection) runs across a fiber backbone powered with 32TB routers. Data traffic is growing exponentially. It is somewhere in the neighborhood of 5000% every three years. Billions are being invested just here in Oklahoma by everyone in the business just trying to keep up with demand. Five years ago an OC12 or 48 was considered a high capacity circuit. Then the standard carrier was bumped up to 1G three years or so ago. Just a year ago 10G became the new standard and starting later this year 100G has been approved for roll out.
Yes, net neutrality has been great for the growth of the internet so far.
Oh, and out comes the S word already.
The customers are already paying for that bandwidth.
I pay each month for a certain amount of bandwidth, determined by my ISP and Netflix pays for a certain amount of bandwidth.
How has it not already been paid for?
costs are in the $Billions in terms of capital invested .. but revenues charged to subscribers are also in the $$$$ .. that's what's paying for all the capital expenditures. ISP's customers are already paying for bandwidth costs supported by those capital investments. due to amazing technologies advances in amounts of data each fiber is capable of carrying .. bandwidth costs have dropped to a fraction due to excess capacities of existing optic fibers. yes data traffic has ramped up but technologies has ramped up accordingly .. multiplexing technologies makes it possible for exponential increases in amount of data being carried on the finite number of optic fibers. ISP customers are already being charged for set performance standards rated in MB/Sec .. yet throttling most costs are getting to roll down to ISP customers yet again. those charges extorted from content providers will be passed on the consumers. this is why the FCC should reclassify ISP as title 2 common carriers .. this would force ISP to allow equal access to everyone.
The essence of what the issue boils down to is this:
ISP customers are ditching thier landlines and cable television in droves. We even have a thread here on OSA about cutting the cable.
The ISPs feel entitled to that profit margin and they intend to get it one way or another.
You ditch their cable TV but they get it from Netflix.
You ditch your landline but they get it from Vonnage.
The internet service providers love free enterprise until it makes 2 of their 3 products obsolete.
Might as well have blacksmiths charging car companies a fee because their paved roads are wearing horseshoes out faster.
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