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They can tell right now. T-Mobile gives free data usage for video and music streaming, for instance. You can either do traffic pattern analysis or just base it

They can tell right now. T-Mobile gives free data usage for video and music streaming, for instance. You can either do traffic pattern analysis or just base it on what IPs they are connecting to.

rblatz 7y ago
That works great today, but it stifles innovation. If I roll out a new real-time service my users suffer shitty delayed service, until I get big enough to force them to prioritize me.
gsich 7y ago
That is not independent and not net neutral.
- travbrack 7y ago
  It also doesn’t cross the ISP boundary.
  - gsich 7y ago
    It probably doesn't need to, bottleneck is usually at the customers side. (Mainly due to bad upload)