[132720] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rettke, Brian)
Tue Nov 30 11:25:17 2010
From: "Rettke, Brian" <Brian.Rettke@cableone.biz>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:23:11 -0700
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=YnvJk-UVXvfVvKf_=cqtM=3ArSfqfH9oOCWw5@mail.gmail.com>
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I just wanted to stop and say I'm glad we can have this kind of debate :)
I think we need to start with education at every level. Watching 1-2 movies=
a day, some additional streaming content, using the VoIP phone whenever, a=
nd surfing the web is normal behavior. Running occasional P2P is normal beh=
avior.
You'd never leave the water running all day, even though if you rent it pro=
bably wouldn't cost you any more (landlord usually pays for water). It's no=
t simply a question of "what can I get," it's a question of being a good in=
ternet citizen. There will never be a network so robust that everyone in th=
e world could go full throttle all the time at the same time, so we have to=
share.
I myself am against a lot of regulation of the free market. I want to be ab=
le to use P2P without it being relegated to scavenger, though I don't use i=
t all the time. I want to watch Hulu or Discovery or Netflix when something=
is on that I want to see.
I've heard of and seen implemented some rather generous leaking token bucke=
t scenarios that keep the average user unaware of any bandwidth restriction=
s, while causing slower service for those people that use everything at ful=
l speed all the time. Since I pay the same (or more) than most of the other=
shared media users for my service, I think that is a good implementation o=
f fair use. They can still use critical services, VoIP, HTTP, and some vide=
o, but they don't get the same kind of full-throttle download anymore.
Sincerely,
Brian A . Rettke
RHCT, CCDP, CCNP, CCIP
Network Engineer, CableONE Internet Services
