[129600] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Seagraves)
Mon Sep 13 10:00:24 2010
From: Daniel Seagraves <dseagrav@humancapitaldev.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100913135021.GA32993@gweep.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:00:00 -0500
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sep 13, 2010, at 8:50 AM, Joe Provo wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 01:40:10PM +0000, Julien Gormotte wrote:
>> On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:28:09 -0400, Rodrick Brown
>> <rodrick.brown@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Its unrealistic to believe payment for priority access isn't going =
to
>>> happen this model is used for many other outlets today I'm not sure =
why
>> so
>>> many are against it when it comes to net access.=20
>>=20
>> Because of net neutrality ?
>=20
> Much like Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy, that's one of the many=20
> "re-assurance" myths that one eventually abandons in the course
> of maturing. =20
Well, speaking as a web-based service provider, I oppose it because I =
quite simply can't afford to operate otherwise.
If we start having to pay for access based on geographical area or =
customer type or some other arbitrary classification we won't be able to =
stay open.
We have enough problems as it is, I don't need my ISP telling me I have =
to pay for transit on a per-destination basis.
If this becomes reality, we are going out of business, and I bet we =
aren't alone in this.
