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Municipal broadband only goes so far in terms of protecting citizens from throttling, am i right? If you need to access a website hosted on a server outside you
by deevolution 9y ago
Municipal broadband only goes so far in terms of protecting citizens from throttling, am i right? If you need to access a website hosted on a server outside your municipal broadband network, will those packets be throttled as they pass through various datacenters controlled by monopoly ISPs?
- matt_the_bass 9y agoThis is a really good point. There isn’t really a “free” backbone that connnects all these separate networks. There are private backbones who could filter at their interfaces if they chose to.
- gnopgnip 9y agoThere is more competition between transit providers so this is not an issue. If Level 3 starts throttling certain services, you can switch to Cogent or Hurricane Electric. It is only a problem for consumers because of the high cost of last mile access.