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We may need to first live with some ISP shenanigans before everybody fully understands what network neutrality is about. A few years ago, I noticed that fronti
by payne92 9y ago
We may need to first live with some ISP shenanigans before everybody fully understands what network neutrality is about.
A few years ago, I noticed that frontier was hijacking Google searches. A search bar search for "Amazon" went straight to amazon.com, complete with an affiliate id!
I wrote a letter to the Frontier CEO, sent it via FedEx, and she called me directly within hours of receiving it. The gist of my letter was, "by behaving this way, you are bringing the debate on yourself." She was unaware her company was doing this and stopped the practice.
This is a small example that's easily detectable externally (unlike internal network traffic shaping). But we may need to cycle through a few stories like this to cut through the rhetoric.
- mreome 9y agoMy concern is that they won't make it so obvious though. If they simply install fast lanes and the big-players start paying, will the average internet user notice that the few small sites they visit load slower? Would it really be that much more obvious then traffic shaping?