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In a truly competitive system there would be no need to ever conciously think about the carrier you were using. Your data would just be routed securely using t
by 7952 12y ago
In a truly competitive system there would be no need to ever conciously think about the carrier you were using. Your data would just be routed securely using the best means available and people would compete to be the best connection. Instead we have an absurd situation where carriers want to prevent customers using their product!
- mmphosis 12y agoIn a truly non-competitive system, we might be more conscious and more connected. Our internet connections might be routed using free high-speed publicly available internet and people would complain. Instead we have an absurd situation where a cartel of so-called "carriers" charge paying customers a toll for using the internet!
- 7952 12y agoThe end result of such a system would probably be to charge websites for last mile bandwidth instead of users. In a system with thousands of small ISPs that could actually work well to fund bandwidth expansion. Of course at that point everything would move to P2P and the system would break again.
- TheRealDunkirk 12y ago"Securely." You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
- 7952 12y agoI used that word because I assumed that someone would complain that my suggestion is insecure. Of course the internet is entirely built around sending data publically across networks that you cannot trust. If you are building a new system to route data intelligently from the first hop it would make sense to include an encryption standard to make it less bad than the status quo. Having different classes of trusted networks just encourages a false sense of safety.