Equal Internet for Everyone!

Posted by $ Radio_Randy 10 years, 5 months ago to Technology
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Sounds suspiciously similar to Directive 10-281 and our illustrious President is backing it through what is known as "Net Neutrality".
Do phrases like "All the traffic has to be treated equally" and "The Internet has to stay open for everybody" sound at all familiar? They're basically saying that everyone should get the same Internet speeds, regardless of what they pay...businesses and commercial users be damned!
Lastly, the phrase "Access to the Internet has to be one of those basic rights" just irritates the Hell out of me.

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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 10 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes. I didn't mean to nitpick. I was saying it won't affect the bottleneck at users' end of the pipe but how much of the pipe is allocated to which traffic. It's great that anyone can put her own products/ideas on the Internet, even ones way down the long tail. The price is transmitting other packets, half of which are video from two companies. I want to preserve the long tail. I'm not knowledgeable about this, but I think it can be preserved without Net Neutrality.
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  • Posted by $ Radio_Randy 10 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Okay, they may not have specifically mentioned Internet speeds, but they did talk about "slow lanes" and "faster access". My terminology was just off, but it sounded the same to me.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 10 years, 5 months ago
    "They're basically saying that everyone should get the same Internet speeds"
    They're not saying that. They're saying all packets have to be passed with equal priority, even though Netflix and Youtube account for about half of traffic. I don't know enough about this, but I think there must be a market-based solution. I'm not even sure there is a problem. People are afraid the old system of gate keepers and "blockbuster" products only will come back; I don't think that will happen.
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