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That's not a net neutrality issue. They are very similar, but they aren't quite the same. I guess it depends on how you look at an internet connection. Your co
by noxToken 9y ago
That's not a net neutrality issue. They are very similar, but they aren't quite the same. I guess it depends on how you look at an internet connection.
Your connection provided by your ISP is a communication channel akin to a phone number. That is arguably a public utility that should be treated as such. Yes, an ISP should be compensated for infrastructure, technical support, etc. Access to the internet is pretty much a necessity in many societies.
Your subscription to Netflix is an agreement between you and a private entity for a service. It is up to Netflix to implement throttling policies for different pricing tiers, because Netflix is not providing you a communication channel to the web.
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but it really depends on if you're paying the QoS fee to Netflix or to the ISP. An ISP should have to provide reasonable connections to the web at a reasonable price.
- al3xnull 9y agoAssuming he has a 50/20 but then gets an increase to 100 for Netflix, it would be the ISP he is paying. If he is capped at 50 by his ISP, he isn't going higher to 100 just because he paid Netflix.
- kuon 9y agoYes, I imply the ISP could have the Netflix premium package. But if should come in addition to the actual internet connection. But I guess the problem is that, at least here in Europe, high speed internet connection that can handle "anything" (like 500Mb/200Mb) are becoming more and more common. With this kind of connection, any "premium package" would be of zero interest as it would be able to handle anything Netflix would throw at it. Of course, the ideal solution would be to have Netflix pay ISP for peering and the Netflix subscription cover additional ISP bandwidth costs. Anyway I really hope that a solution that won't kill net neutrality will be found.