Republican net neutrality bill would gut FCC’s authority over broadband
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I think the idea here is that a user could prioritize their Netflix traffic over their Dropbox traffic. It would be great actually if they offered QoS configuration to end users.
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#4It would be great to get things like this out of the hands of arbitrary-law-makers (aka regulators).
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#5Reading other news sources[1]:
> Much of the language was lifted directly from the FCC's 2010 Open Internet Order, which was thrown out in court last year.
[1] http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/16/7558715/net-neutrality-new...
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#6Would this have stopped Comcast from letting Netflix slow to a crawl? I dont think so.
There are always loopholes, and it would take years for the courts to determine if Comcast was breaking the law.
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#7tel·e·com·mu·ni·ca·tion
ˌteləkəˌmyo͞onəˈkāSH(ə)n/
noun
communication over a distance by cable, telegraph, telephone, or broadcasting.
the branch of technology concerned with telecommunication.
plural noun: telecommunications
formal
a message sent by telecommunication.
plural noun: telecommunications
But sure, let's pretend that the FCC shouldn't have the right to regulate ISPs, or that somehow ISPs aren't telecommunications companies
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I think the idea here is that a user could prioritize their Netflix traffic over their Dropbox traffic. It would be great actually if they offered QoS configuration to end users.
Consumer please select one:
[ X ] $99/mo - make Comcast-NBC-Universal content faster, 100 GB/day
[ ] $199/mo - make all content the same speed, 1 GB/dayRe: Republican net neutrality bill would gut FCC’s authority over broadband
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I think the idea here is that a user could prioritize their Netflix traffic over their Dropbox traffic. It would be great actually if they offered QoS configuration to end users.
That would not work. Most users don't care/don't know about about QoS, nor they want to learn. There was/is a ton of research on user-driven QoS, micro-payments, per-flow reservations, etc. etc. The result: there is no nice or simple scheme to a) expose QoS knobs to users b) align incentives of ISPS/ContentProviders/Users for micropayments, c) affordable equipment that can do per-user crediting across the Internet.
Re: Republican net neutrality bill would gut FCC’s authority over broadband
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I think the idea here is that a user could prioritize their Netflix traffic over their Dropbox traffic. It would be great actually if they offered QoS configuration to end users.
That would not work. Most users don't care/don't know about about QoS, nor they want to learn. There was/is a ton of research on user-driven QoS, micro-payments, per-flow reservations, etc. etc. The result: there is no nice or simple scheme to a) expose QoS knobs to users b) align incentives of ISPS/ContentProviders/Users for micropayments, c) affordable equipment that can do per-user crediting across the Internet.