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I like this idea, but I wonder, would that be a net neutrality violation? Honest question, because I can easily imagine this being rephrased: “If you don’t pay
by fingerlocks 8y ago
I like this idea, but I wonder, would that be a net neutrality violation? Honest question, because I can easily imagine this being rephrased: “If you don’t pay for the extra news package, you cannot access NYT for free”.
- bumholio 8y agoI think the intent behind net neutrality is not to prevent bundling but technical discrimination. Your ISP can bundle free Hulu with your data plan, as long as you can also get Netflix and Youtube at the same quality with no bandwidth throttling. So as long as there is no technical discrimination and you can access and subscribe to other news sources, net neutrality is respected.
- leereeves 8y agoThere's no such thing as a free Hulu. If your ISP is taking a share of your subscription fee and giving it to Hulu, your subscription will cost more.
- bumholio 8y agoYup, that's precisely the idea. The grandparent was concerned that this masked price increase (for Hulu or for NYT) is a breach of net neutrality.
- leereeves 8y agoI've noticed a lot of discussions about net neutrality are actually about other things like that. In non-technical circles net neutrality has become a catch-all term for improving speed, lowering cost, and otherwise regulating ISPs. I doubt the narrow technical definition will survive.