[171270] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: The FCC is planning new net neutrality rules. And they could
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Blaine)
Thu Apr 24 18:43:42 2014
From: "Blaine" <blaine@blaines.net>
To: "'Patrick W. Gilmore'" <patrick@ianai.net>,
"'North American Operators' Group'" <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <47D17BE3-98EA-4A3E-8655-2562EB256636@ianai.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:43:14 -0700
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/maintain-true-net-neutrality-prote
ct-freedom-information-united-states/9sxxdBgy
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick W. Gilmore [mailto:patrick@ianai.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 5:15 AM
To: North American Operators' Group
Subject: The FCC is planning new net neutrality rules. And they could
enshrine pay-for-play. - The Washington Post
Anyone afraid what will happen when companies which have monopolies can
charge content providers or guarantee packet loss?
In a normal "free market", if two companies with a mutual consumer have a
tiff, the consumer decides which to support. Where I live, I have one
broadband provider. If they get upset with, say, a streaming provider, I
cannot choose another BB company because I like the streaming company. I
MUST pick another streaming company, as that is the only thing I can
"choose".
How is this good for the consumer? How is this good for the market?
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TTFN,
patrick
http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/04/23/the-fcc-is-planni
ng-new-net-neutrality-rules-and-they-could-enshrine-pay-for-play/
Composed on a virtual keyboard, please forgive typos.
