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<blockquote data-quote="Hobbes" data-source="post: 2511163" data-attributes="member: 3371"><p>You have it upside down!</p><p>Net neutrality isn't about controlling any of those.</p><p>Just the opposite, it's about <u>prohibiting</u> the control of those.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Currently Open Internet Order is the prevailing regulation.</p><p></p><p>1. Transparency: ISPs should be open about how they handle traffic.</p><p></p><p>2. No blocking: As long as content is legal, an ISP is not allowed to block any site, service or device.</p><p></p><p>3. No unreasonable discrimination: ISPs are not allowed to favor some traffic over others.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It's the third item that was recently ruled as being outside the scope of FCC authority by a federal judge.</p><p>And the threat is that when ISPs are allowed to discriminate traffic they will do so in a way to their advantage instead of the consumer.</p><p></p><p>For instance, if Cox cable wants to keep as many telephone subscribers as possible they could just choke skype traffic to the point that a phone conversation becomes impossible and either skype will pay the ISP (<em>passing the cost on to the consumer</em>) or lose those customers.</p><p></p><p>If Cox wants to keep people from cutting the cable cord they can just choke netflix and vudu traffic down to the point that instead of watching a movie you are just</p><p>rebuffering most of the time.</p><p>Netflix has already announced plans to raise prices because they know they are likely to have to pay internet service providers to avoid traffic shaping of their service.</p><p></p><p><strong>Notice that the ISP is not providing any new functionality. They are not innovating. They are discriminating against their rivals by crippling their products.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p></p><p>I don't know about you but I was always taught that more competition is better<em> (for the consumer, not necessarily for the company)</em> and the loss of net neutrality will absolutely result in less competition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hobbes, post: 2511163, member: 3371"] You have it upside down! Net neutrality isn't about controlling any of those. Just the opposite, it's about [U]prohibiting[/U] the control of those. Currently Open Internet Order is the prevailing regulation. 1. Transparency: ISPs should be open about how they handle traffic. 2. No blocking: As long as content is legal, an ISP is not allowed to block any site, service or device. 3. No unreasonable discrimination: ISPs are not allowed to favor some traffic over others. It's the third item that was recently ruled as being outside the scope of FCC authority by a federal judge. And the threat is that when ISPs are allowed to discriminate traffic they will do so in a way to their advantage instead of the consumer. For instance, if Cox cable wants to keep as many telephone subscribers as possible they could just choke skype traffic to the point that a phone conversation becomes impossible and either skype will pay the ISP ([I]passing the cost on to the consumer[/I]) or lose those customers. If Cox wants to keep people from cutting the cable cord they can just choke netflix and vudu traffic down to the point that instead of watching a movie you are just rebuffering most of the time. Netflix has already announced plans to raise prices because they know they are likely to have to pay internet service providers to avoid traffic shaping of their service. [B]Notice that the ISP is not providing any new functionality. They are not innovating. They are discriminating against their rivals by crippling their products. [/B] I don't know about you but I was always taught that more competition is better[I] (for the consumer, not necessarily for the company)[/I] and the loss of net neutrality will absolutely result in less competition. [/QUOTE]
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