[173123] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Net Neutrality...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Wed Jul 16 18:31:04 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:30:51 +0900
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To: Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>
In-Reply-To: <85566CD4-33BE-4023-B59F-C8C89D0AF718@cisco.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/07/14/this-is-why-th=
e-government-should-never-control-the-internet/
In a common hypothetical they cite, ISPs would slow =E2=80=94 or buffer=
=E2=80=94
traffic for Netflix unless it unfairly pays for more access points,
or =E2=80=9Coff ramps,=E2=80=9D and better quality of service.
In truth, however, market failures like these have never happened
the author neglected to say what planet he was on
randy
