tschmidt
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Milford, NH
 ·Verizon Online DSL
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April 5th, @09:53AM
| reply to TK Junk Mail
Re: Crazy
said by TK Junk Mail  : And will you be a customer if the monthly cost goes from $40/mo to $140/mo because of all the video flowing thru the system and requiring massive investment in new infrastructure? If I were accessing lots of video then sure – why would I mind as long as it was competitive to other means of access?
Many folks are under the impression Internet is some sort of hierarchy with the end user paying the tab. That is not true. Internet is a Mesh where each connection is charged for the cost of delivering bits. Google, YouTube, et al are not getting a free ride any more then I am as a Verizon DSL subscriber.
It is true ISP's assumed residential broadband customers would be light users. As such were able to heavily oversubscribe network keeping cost down. If that model turns out to be inaccurate they will have to revise marketing/engineering goals to bring things back in line so they are profitable.
This really is not about bandwidth consumption it is driven by ISP fears of becoming commodity bandwidth provider. They want to offer "content" (how I hate that word) so most of what customer is buying is access to content rather then raw bandwidth.
Personally I think that approach is doomed to failure. As technology improves there will be more and more creators rather then the few media giants we have today. Network Neutrality is about keeping the Internet open so new entrepreneurs are able to set up shop without having to modify the network or get network owners permission to operate.
/tom
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