Verizon: We're Not Capping Bandwidth

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: <c.l.hoewing () verizon com>
Date: September 24, 2008 3:30:54 PM EDT
To: <dave () farber net>, <lauren () vortex com>, <isen () isen com>
Subject: Verizon: We're Not Capping Bandwidth


We can’t say never to caps since we can’t foretell the future but we  
don’t feel the need to implement them given our network’s capacity.    
Doug Pasko, a Verizon engineer, made this point yesterday.  We do  
believe our network offers a better experience and we have capacity to  
offer more.

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Link Hoewing
Vice President
Internet and Technology Policy
Verizon
1300 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-515-2420

Verizon: We’re Not Capping Bandwidth

For broadband providers, imposing bandwidth caps is all the rage, with  
Comcast leading the charge. On the opposite end of the spectrum is  
Verizon, which has now gone on the record to say that they won’t be  
implementing bandwidth caps any time soon.

Doug Pasko, Verizon senior technologist broke the news to a crowd  
during a panel I moderated at Streaming Media West. I talked with  
Pasko afterwords to get more. “Right now there is no choking, no  
throttling and we have no plans to do so,” said Pasko. The company  
isn’t capping heavy users or singling out any technology like P2P.

Pasko said the delivery of online video “was a huge component”  
Verizon’s decision to roll out fiber to 18 million homes over a seven  
year period (next year will be year six). But Verizon isn’t worried  
about Internet video delivery overtaking traditional video  
distribution. “People made huge investments in their televisions,”  
said Pasko, “They want really high quality.” Plus, Pasko added,  
Internet delivery of video on that scale is so far down the road, so  
who knows what technology will be around then.

Verizon offers a 10 MB connection on the low-end, up to 100 MB in some  
areas, and Pasko hasn’t seen anyone abusing the system to the point  
that would warrant any kind of intervention. Of course, there is  
always a caveat, Pasko said Verizon will never say never to bandwidth  
caps, but for now, the company has definitively said it won’t do them.






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