[GLLUG] Re:Network Neutrality

[Andy Lee]

>>> "Brendan Bartlett" <brenbart at gmail.com> 2/27/2008 10:47 AM >>>
Where is the error in my logic?


Actually, your toll road example is a good one, but you are wrong on how it works. Trucks and busses do pay more, because they use it more. They take up more space, and inflict more damage on the pavement, so the cost to get down the road is higher.

As much as I want my provider to never get in the way of getting to content, I also understand the importance of quality of service. There is no way we could run voice video and data over our WAN without setting preference to certain types of data. Treating every bit the same isn't viable with the long term goals people have for the net, but saying all file sharing is bad isn't the option either. Definitely a problem for the network engineers to fix, not the legislators.

-- Andy