http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/01/06/still-more-on-network-neutrality/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:15:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/01/06/still-more-on-network-neutrality/#comment-905 End of Net Neutrality Points to Another Bubble - I Want QoS Before I Fund It at Moogle1 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 22:29:52 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/01/06/still-more-on-network-neutrality/#comment-905 [...] It’s not a stock price bubble now, but the inflated heads of network & telecom companies. Om Malik notes in “Slow Lingering Death of Net Neutrality?” that ISPs want in on the riches of all that data running across their networks. In a very carfully worded proposal the network providers are “offering” content providers better performance for a fee. From the Wall Street Journal’s front page article (found via Rob Hyndman’s “Still More on Network Neutrality”): The phone companies envision a system whereby Internet companies would agree to pay a fee for their content to receive priority treatment as it moves across increasingly crowded networks. Those that don’t pay the fee would find their transactions with Internet users — for games, movies and software downloads, for example — moving across networks at the normal but comparatively slower pace. Consumers could benefit through faster access to content from companies that agree to pay the fees. [...] [...] It’s not a stock price bubble now, but the inflated heads of network & telecom companies. Om Malik notes in “Slow Lingering Death of Net Neutrality?” that ISPs want in on the riches of all that data running across their networks. In a very carfully worded proposal the network providers are “offering” content providers better performance for a fee. From the Wall Street Journal’s front page article (found via Rob Hyndman’s “Still More on Network Neutrality”): The phone companies envision a system whereby Internet companies would agree to pay a fee for their content to receive priority treatment as it moves across increasingly crowded networks. Those that don’t pay the fee would find their transactions with Internet users — for games, movies and software downloads, for example — moving across networks at the normal but comparatively slower pace. Consumers could benefit through faster access to content from companies that agree to pay the fees. [...]

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