FCC approves plan to consider paid priority on Internet

How? Adding any new node to the Internet does create new routes to and from that node, but that doesn't give those routes any privileges over other routes.

> Netflix did buy a new route, replacing the one they were previously buying from Cogent.

And the difference between the new one and the old one is that the new one only carries Netflix traffic, and only goes to Comcast customers. That is what makes it privileged, and what CDNs in general, including the CDN Netflix was previously using to distribute its traffic to Cogent, do not do.

If you were to compare the Vinci-managed ones with the state managed ones, there's a vast difference in quality.

Which, the point is that some of the autoroutes are maintained by the state, however the ones that are are privately manage are of better quality. The ones that ARE toll roads, such as the A9 are fully managed and operated by Vinci and they are exceptionally good. The A31 (Luxembourg to Beaune where it turns into the A6) on the other hand is not privately managed and it has a higher number of potholes and the overall quality is lower. The A7 from Avignon to Marseille is also privately managed and is of exceptional quality.

I'm not making the case that government-owned roads are all necessarily bad, however I am making the case that private, profit oriented roads are almost always better because they have to be -- why pay to use a bad road? Drive from Hamburg to Marseille and you can see the effects with your own eyes. I've driven all across Europe, with the exception of the Netherlands, which I will concede are probably very good. However the Netherlands can't easily compared to the United States both in terms of economy, demographics or size. Korea, for example has better internet than most of the world, but the population density is astronomical compared to the United States, so there are different economies of scale at work. The same thing goes for Dutch roads.

The interesting thing is the quality of the roads that are publicly operated toll roads, such as the New Jersey Turnpike are terrible compared to the free highways of Texas. So you do have some good government owned things, however very rarely is the government version better than a private version. Otherwise we'd be drinking Evian out of the tap instead of the chlorinated crap that passes for municipal water.

Given that a publicly managed, national internet would likely be run by some government agency along the lines of the Veterans Administration or the New York New Jersey Port Authority -- I would far prefer private infrastructure.

However, that being said, the Internet pipes almost definitely should be considered a common carrier by pretty much any definition of the word.

I'm just clearly arguing against nationalization. It worked so well for Mexico's Pemex that they are actually privatizing it. If you fill up your gas tank in Juarez vs. El Paso, you'll find the quality of the gasoline vastly different, despite the fact that they are refined from the same crude oil.

I don't mean populists who make vague promises about net neutrality in order to be elected, then put people in place to undermine their promises -- I mean people who are in a position to fight the FCC, and who are actively doing it.

911 x 2 = 1822

July 3 or 7x3 =777 Charles Babbage publishes a proposal for a "difference engine", a forerunner of the modern computer for calculating logarithms and trigonometric functions.

You all are committing suicide fighting to the death to remain asleep (ignorant of Truth) to continue to enjoy the daydream (cherished delusion) you are awake (knowledgeable of Truth)

The Internet is going down at some point it's inevitable.

Qubit = YES and NO at the same time or MAYBE

Maybe eventually becomes a certainty.

That is the certainty of the uncertainty principle.

The invisible order or reality of the basic system operating in the background powers the visible chaos or fantasy of the graphical user interface believed to be reality.

At the core of the banking algorithm is the compounding interest/exponential growth/take more power than is given...or greed equation.

or Ignorance = bliss.

Your speculations over the past 2 decades amount to nothing at the logical conclusion of the reasonable assumption.

ignorance = bliss

deflation = inflation

The same as chopping down trees faster than they regrow or causing hyperdeflation...or implosion down to absolute 0 to power hyperinflation up to absolute 1 or bliss.

It's all timed by atomic clocks...every second of the fantasy you believe is reality demands exponentially more power than the previous second.

It's counting down to the absolute 0 or end point...where the fantasy daydream up to absolute 1 polarity shifts into the nightmare or reality to absolute 0

The enlightenment or illumination turns into the memory wipe of the dark age.

You all have had 2 decades to wake up...and all you did was fight to remain asleep.

at the 0 or end point you will be forced to wake up from the daydream into the nightmare.

There are those on the front lines in the war against deflation...and those sitting in the rear with the gear...goofing off.