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> In markets with 1 or 2 viable ISPs, what is your solution? I watch about 1 hour of Youtube per month and about 5 hours of Netflix. Why should I subsidize pe
by grandalf 9y ago
> In markets with 1 or 2 viable ISPs, what is your solution?
I watch about 1 hour of Youtube per month and about 5 hours of Netflix. Why should I subsidize people who watch 5 hours each day?
Let's not pretend bandwidth is not a scarce resource. ISPs have to pay for upstream bandwidth. If they can affordably colocate systems to serve specific content at a fraction of the cost by eliminating upstream costs, why shouldn't they?
- learc83 9y agoBecause in your world the eventual outcome is that nearly all (commercial) content providers would be owned by ISPs. Last mile infrastructure is a natural monopoly, and unless you do something to force companies to share it, they won't. There are various ways to do this. What's your preference?
- grandalf 9y agoI don't think last mile is a natural monopoly anymore due to wireless options.
- learc83 9y agoWireless isn't a viable option for video streaming, downloading large files, gaming etc... They all throttle you past 20GB or so, they aren't nearly fast enough, latency is terrible, and they suffer huge congestion problems. But let's assume you think that wireless is currently good enough to replace cable and DSL for your needs. Switch half of the population over to wireless. I guarantee you it won't be good enough then. Satisfaction ratings for Comcast are atrocious--if wireless was a viable option, everyone would already be using it at home.