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You are right. The reason Google supports net neutrality (for example) is to prevent Comcast from making a deal with Vimeo to offer QOS on Vimeo videos, allowi
by grandalf 17y ago
You are right. The reason Google supports net neutrality (for example) is to prevent Comcast from making a deal with Vimeo to offer QOS on Vimeo videos, allowing them to play at noticeably higher quality.
Comcast could even make a deal with a yet unheard of startup and suddenly Google would lose lots of market share to an upstart who was willing to accept Comcast's terms.
- hkuo 17y agoYouTube isn't exactly a shining example of high-quality grade video, but I totally get your point. I'm just hoping that a tiering of QOS from a technical standpoint is not entirely ignored. Perhaps it's something already being addressed by Net Neutrality proponents. Edit: Here's an article from a Cisco podcast that discusses this same issue I've mentioned: http://www.ciscohandsontraining.com/2009/09/need-for-qos-versus-net-neutrality.html http://www.ciscohandsontraining.com/2009/09/need-for-qos-ver...
- grandalf 17y agoI hope so too. Surprisingly, I was watching youtube 1080p content via AppleTv the other day and was quite impressed. I certainly know why Comcast opposes net neutrality :)