Another “Net Neutrality” I Don't Understand (server, work, ISP)

[sargentodiaz]

But, I'll share it anyway as perhaps someone can give me a SIMPLE answer to the whole thing. Is this going to stop me from sitting at my computer to surf the web? Or increase the cost of the service I use to do so?

The “No Blocking Rule” is a provision with the proposal that “proposes ensuring that all who use the Internet can enjoy robust, fast and dynamic Internet access.” That means broadband providers couldn't deny fast Internet service to consumers, businesses or organizations on any basis and would be forbidden to purposefully provide slower service.

Anyhow, read the whole thing @ Net Neutrality: Your Cheat Sheet To The FCC's Proposal – ReadWrite

And what on earth is this all about?

The Internet's 51 New Regulators @ The Internet's 51 New Regulators - WSJ.com

[Dude111]

Not good!!!!

Cable companies think they are losing $$$$$ to the internet SO THEY WILL CHARGE MORE FOR IT!!!!!!! (and/or slow down access making it hard to access stuff online)

Netflix will be affected im sure.......

[thecoalman]

What they are saying is if you Joe Schmoe have a website the ISP isn't going to give preference to other sites over your's.... however that is completely the opposite of the fast lanes.

Let's say Joe schmoe has a site and the server he has rented has the same capabilities of CNN's servers. Whether you are visiting Joe Schmoe's site or CNN the ISP who you are paying for service isn't going to give any preferential treatment to Joe Schmoes site or CNN. You'll get equal service to both sites.

That's important because if we have fast lanes larger content providers like CNN or even the ISP could leverage the bandwidth to put Joe Schmoe out of business. If you want to look at it in different context suppose Joe Schmoe has a business and he's paying his phone company for 100 phone lines, the only limitation to the amount of phone calls Joe can get is what he's paying his phone company for. With the fast lanes it's like your ISP saying to Joe or Joe's competition if you want our customer to be able to call you then you're going to have to pay us too in addition to your own phone company. I'm using phone companies as an example because they operate under common carrier laws and can't do that. Common carrier is similar to net neutrality.

If you want to keep a level playing amongst content and service providers the only way this is going to work is have the consumer bare the costs of the services they consume. Just like paying your electric bill if you are using more service you're going to have to pay more. Fast lanes is bad idea because you'll end up paying dearly for it in the end.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by Dude111

Netflix will be affected im sure.......

That's the thing, Netflix won't be affected with fast lanes. They'll pay for faster speeds and add that to your bill. You'll pay for this whether it's the ISP charging you or Netflix. The issue with you paying though Netflix is the upstart that wants to compete against Netflix is at a very big disadvantage.