The Liberals crave the power to control people.
These initiatves have nothing to do with addressing real issues, that line of thinking is just pure fabrication and lies.
The want control, and the Internet is their next great conquest.
This bill's intent is to regulate the business model options of Internet providers. The unintended consequences of regulating one of the last frontiers of unrestricted innovation could be costly to users and developers.
I have a hard time understanding the definition of freedom via these statements....
Even if true, so what? I paid my monthly subscription fee to my ISP. In return, they are to give me access to the internet with an "up to X" amount of BW. Sadly to say, I never get anywhere near that.
In Texas, you could choose your telephone carrier and, thereby, your DSL ISP provider. This is crucial if you don't have access to cable and don't want to use the ridiculous (for gaming) satellite internet access. This should cause competition among the carriers for your business and result in larger BW and lower prices.
I think the ISP's are blowing smoke. How many people actually get the advertised "up to" BW? Maybe there should be some kind of performance review of ISP providers so customers could see how much BW they are actually getting as compared to the advertised rate. There are data circuits called Frame Relay that carry a CIR: Committed Information Rate and a "burstable" rate. You're guaranteed the BW in the CIR and you can "burst" up to the max rate.
But right now there is no committed rate, only an "up to" amount. What happens to an ISP that advertises an "up to" 20meg but consistently only provides 10meg max? How would anyone know that you can't ever get past the 10meg rate? Would you constantly run test after test on Speakeasy.com to get your proof? Wouldn't the ISP say, "Oh, it was just a bad day. Everything was slow.". Or how about, "Sunspots caused the slowdown. Yeah, that's it".
How do you know you're getting anywhere near your "up to" BW amount on a consistent basis?
Thanks for the post Halfman!
I have to say that if I pay AT&T for 1 mb connectivity, then I want 1 MB regardless of what I’m using it for...video, games, surfing, downloads.
For any service to sell me a connection at an advertised speed but then say, “well, that doesn’t count if you are watching video” is wrong.
If their lines are congested...too damned bad. Expand or stop promising what you can’t deliver.