[129721] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Woodfield)
Fri Sep 17 12:27:40 2010
From: Chris Woodfield <rekoil@semihuman.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C9395ED.9090103@brightok.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:27:28 -0700
To: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sep 17, 2010, at 9:23 09AM, Jack Bates wrote:
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> Is it unfair that I pay streaming sites to get more/earlier video =
feeds over the free users? I still have to deal with advertisements in =
some cases, which generates the primary revenue for the streaming site. =
Why shouldn't a content provider be able to pay for a higher class of =
service, so long as others are equally allowed to pay for it?
No, it is definitely not, because *you* are the one paying for priority =
access for the content *you* feel is worth paying extra for faster =
access to. This is not the same thing as a content provider paying the =
carrier for priority access to your DSL line to the detriment of other =
sites you are interested it.
How would you feel if you paid for priority access to hulu.com via this =
means, only to see your carrier de-prioritize that traffic because =
they're getting a check from Netflix?
> Jack
