[87336] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Two Tiered Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Loftis)
Wed Dec 14 15:41:15 2005
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:40:24 -0700
From: Michael Loftis <mloftis@wgops.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
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--On December 13, 2005 8:17:43 PM -0800 Tony Li <tony.li@tony.li> wrote:
> One might argue that in such a situation, the end user is getting less
> value than they
> did previously. End users might then either demand a price break or
> might vote with
> their connectivity.
*IF* they have a choice. In many areas for consumer grade access, you
don't. I fully agree that you're not getting the same value/.worth out of
a service that behaves like that. The strategy they're proposiing is very
anti-competitive and very monopolistic.
