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It seems many of the responses with comments base their arguments off of serving high-bandwidth users. The question, IMO regarding NN is: "Is all bandwidth equ
by cabaalis 8y ago
It seems many of the responses with comments base their arguments off of serving high-bandwidth users.
The question, IMO regarding NN is: "Is all bandwidth equal, and therefore pricing based purely upon metering usage, or is some bandwidth more/less valuable than others?"
In principle, I think all bandwidth is equal. But if you've got 2 or 3 companies using 80% of bandwidth (made up a number for sake of argument) then it damages the other 20% to charge equal pricing bit-for-bit because ISPs have to increase capacity solely to serve the larger groups. So I think the answer is cloudy.
- monocasa 8y ago> But if you've got 2 or 3 companies using 80% of bandwidth (made up a number for sake of argument) then it damages the other 20% to charge equal pricing bit-for-bit because ISPs have to increase capacity solely to serve the larger groups. But none of these companies using up 80% of the bandwidth in your example are forcing their data down Comcast, et al.'s throat. Every packet coming from them was specifically requested by one of Comcast's paying customers, and metered within their customer's plan.
- throwaway37585 8y ago> In principle, I think all bandwidth is equal. Why?
- cabaalis 8y agoBecause I think of an ISP as a carrier, and don't believe it's their business to inspect traffic between me and their client for the purpose of facilitating transmission.