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Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic?

Subject: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic?
From: fweimer at bfk.de (Florian Weimer)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:55:19 +0000
In-reply-to: <[email protected]> (Leo Bicknell's message of "Mon\, 13 Sep 2010 07\:31\:48 -0700")
References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]>

* Leo Bicknell:

> Rather than network neutrality, I'd simply like to see truth in
> advertising applied.  If my provider advertises "8 Mbps" service
> then I should be able to get 8 Mbps from Google, or Yahoo, or you,
> or anyone else on the network, provided of course they have also
> purchased an 8 Mbps or higher plan from their provider.

The interesting question is not so much bandwidth, but if the traffic
counts against your monthly usage cap.  For IPTV offered by your ISP,
it won't.  Likewise for Internet video platforms where your ISP has
obtained an ad-sharing deal.

-- 
Florian Weimer                <fweimer at bfk.de>
BFK edv-consulting GmbH       http://www.bfk.de/
Kriegsstra?e 100              tel: +49-721-96201-1
D-76133 Karlsruhe             fax: +49-721-96201-99

References:
- Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic?
  - From: hank at efes.iucc.ac.il (Hank Nussbacher)
- Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic?
  - From: rodrick.brown at gmail.com (Rodrick Brown)
- Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic?
  - From: julien at gormotte.info (Julien Gormotte)
- Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic?
  - From: nanog-post at rsuc.gweep.net (Joe Provo)
- Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic?
  - From: bicknell at ufp.org (Leo Bicknell)

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