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It's also about what did happen in the past. ISPs explicitly targeted P2P protocols like BitTorrent instead of identifying and fixing the underlying network pro
by wtallis 3y ago
It's also about what did happen in the past. ISPs explicitly targeted P2P protocols like BitTorrent instead of identifying and fixing the underlying network problems (bufferbloat) that were first exposed by p2p but eventually became problematic for many other use cases. ISPs extorted streaming video providers that competed against their own bundled services. Cellular providers implemented various zero-rating schemes to explicitly privilege access to certain partner services. All of these are real, documented harms that were inflicted on the public and can be prevented and punished by reasonable net neutrality regulation without interfering with the ability of an ISP to compete in the market by trying to be a better ISP.
- Cody-99 3y ago> All of these are real, documented harms that were inflicted on the public and can be prevented and punished by reasonable net neutrality regulation without interfering with the ability of an ISP to compete in the market by trying to be a better ISP. Exactly. We just watched this exact situation play out when twitch left Korea due to ISP greed [1]. ISPs double dipped by charging both twitch and their users. It is frustrating so many commenters here are acting like there is zero benefit from having net neutrality when the examples are so obvious. [1] https://restofworld.org/2024/south-korea-twitch-exit-problems-stream/ https://restofworld.org/2024/south-korea-twitch-exit-problem...