Craigslist's Craig Newmark--no more Mr. Nice Guy?

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I think you're both missing the point...: The point is not that other consumers are not paying for more bandwith.
The point is not that Google, or Microsoft would pay for guaranteed bandwith.
The POINT is that the BROADBAND company would control what Net companies have preferential bandwidth. Bandwidth has been increasing year after year. I started on a 14k modem, now I have on an average day around a 5000k download speed.
In a few years that will double, and in some places it already has; keeping up with the various net applications and content:
-Streaming HD video
-Multi-person Video Conferencing
-Distributed Computing
All will need greater bandwidth.

Cool isn't it. Now imagine that your BROADBAND company can choose (depending on who pays them) which companies can use only HALF you full bandwidth, and which companies chan use the FULL bandwidth that you have paid for. The limits aren't on the consumer end, but rather on the NET company ends, and not even by the ISP companies (which we use), but rather the giant backbone companies. If they want FULL access to you, they'll have to pay a fee. Now guess who that fee gets passed on to.

That's the problem...
It's essentially the broadband company charging the net companies, who have to get the money out of us.. the comsumers; by putting limits on the broadband WE ALREADY PAID FOR, through our ISPs.

An even greater danger is the new barrier of entry of the smaller companies that have new innovative high bandwidth apps, that don't have the money to get full bandwidth access.
Think Youtube and others like it.
Google Video would have crushed Youtube into a memory, because Google has the ability to pay for access.

Essentially it's my bandwidth I'm paying for, I don't want a broadband company LIMITING which company I can use it with. The broadband companies want to build greater bandwidth, have me pay for it, AND have the net companies pay for it.
Forget it, the second I hear a company is doing that, I'm somehow moving to another one.; Posted by: el1jones Posted on: 06/28/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use