[186045] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Binge On! - And So This is Net Neutrality?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sander Steffann)
Tue Nov 24 09:43:40 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Sander Steffann <sander@steffann.nl>
In-Reply-To: <CE4E1597-280D-4A37-9DC8-0CE3FFBD86E5@delong.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 15:43:33 +0100
To: Owen Delong <owen@delong.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Hi Owen,
> To me, net neutrality isn=E2=80=99t as much about what you charge the =
customer for the data, it=E2=80=99s about
> whether you prioritize certain classes of traffic to the detriment of =
others in terms of
> service delivery.
>=20
> If T-Mobile were taking money from the video streaming services or =
only accepting
> certain video streaming services, I=E2=80=99d likely agree with you =
that this is a neutrality
> issue.
You are right in that it could have been much worse. However: giving a =
big advantage to a certain technology does get in the way of innovation =
in e.g. new video delivery technologies. And in the long run less =
innovation will not be to the benefit of the internet's users. We are =
already too locked in to tcp-port-80-and-443 as it is :(
Cheers,
Sander
