Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality

[Jack Bates <jbates () paradoxnetworks net>]

On 2/28/2015 4:38 PM, Barry Shein wrote:
> Can we stop the disingenuity?
>
> Asymmetric service was introduced to discourage home users from
> deploying "commercial" services. As were bandwidth caps.
Hmm, at one point I was going to ask if anyone else remembered a long 
time ago ISPs having something in their TOS about not hosting servers. 
It's been so long, I thought that perhaps I might be remembering wrong.

> And the CATV companies are trying to reinvent CATV pricing for
> internet, turn Netflix (e.g.) into an analogue of HBO and other
> premium CATV services.
>
> What's so difficult to understand here?

You mean like how ESPN3 charges the ISP based on customers (who don't 
even care about ESPN) for access to their content instead of having 
customers create accounts and just pay for it themselves? It's extremely 
annoying, especially if you are small.

It's a 2 way street. I really hope both sides lose. I love the ISP 
business, but I really hate the idea of having to negotiate pricing for 
every little thing. Honestly, if I could get away with transit only and 
not run a server, I might be happier.


Jack