[185974] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Binge On! - And So This is Net Neutrality?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Blake Hudson)
Fri Nov 20 12:24:10 2015
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From: Blake Hudson <blake@ispn.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:24:00 -0600
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Considering T-Mobile's proposal is intended to favor streaming music and
video services, I think it clearly violates net neutrality which is
intended to not only promote competition in existing applications, but
also in new (possibly undeveloped) applications. This proposal simply
entrenches streaming video/music by artificially reducing the cost to
operators in these fields while leaving costs the same for operators in
other fields - medical imaging, video conferencing, online backup, etc.
I believe the sum affect is a reduction in competition and growth of the
internet as a whole, the antithesis to the spirit of net neutrality.
