[governance] Network Neutrality - A key IG issue ... ?

[Jacqueline A. Morris]

Well, we haven't reached the stage of IPTV yet here, and the 2 main 
providers both intend to do that soon, so we will see if they restrict 
content once they have competing content. I hope not. Currently the 
quality of service is so bad (random dropouts, no service for hours at 
times) that they CAN'T provide content yet!
But the question was purely about pricing, as I read it.
Jacqueline

Carlos Afonso wrote:
> Wow, wonderful ISPs you have, Jacqueline!
>
> Here in BR the main backbone operators, which are also the providers 
> of broadband to home, monitor/censor/retard packets at will, depending 
> on how they affect their interests (as they are conglomerates selling 
> both connectivity and content).
>
> I cannot watch Joost or any other IPTV service which does not belong 
> to the cable company, for example, in my 8 Mb/s cable modem link 
> (random interruptions), cannot run an ftp or mail server, or even a 
> plain Web server on my end of the link using standard ports etc -- in 
> summary, they arbitrarily decide which packets you can send/receive, 
> and how. The link itself is excellent -- I just downloaded a full 
> Ubuntu CD in less than 20 minutes (they seem to like Ubuntu ;)).
>
> In short, they interfere with content, and this is not anywhere in the 
> contract. The contract says (in euphemistic words) that they will sell 
> more bandwidth than they can cope with and the user should not expect 
> to get the full up/down nominal speeds specified in the contract. But 
> it does not even suggest you cannot try to use the full nominal 
> bandwidth specified in the contract.
>
> In short, again, a flurry of consumer rights' violations.
>
> --c.a.
>
> Jacqueline A. Morris wrote:
>> Robert Guerra wrote:
>>> Kwasi:
>>>
>>> As the issue you raise is really more related to network neutrality, 
>>> i hope you don't mind that I've changed the subject line...
>> How? Isn't this just pricing? We have some ISPs that offer unlimited 
>> bandwidth, some that offer transfer limits, with more data transfer 
>> for more $$, but they are all neutral as to the content that you 
>> send/receive and who you are. I know that my mobile internet 
>> (unlimited data at home) is very much metered in the US (when I 
>> checked email on my cell phone in JFK airport, I got data charges by 
>> the kb)
>> Jacqueline
>>
>>
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