On Sep 16, 2010, at 11:44 AM, George Bonser wrote: >> Your statement misses the point, which is, *who* gets to decide what >> traffic is prioritized? And will that prioritization be determined by >> who is paying my carrier for that prioritization, potentially against >> my own preferences? > > I would say that with standard "run of the mill" consumer service, the > provider decides. If you want something custom, that would be > reasonable to offer, but you should be expected to pay a bit more for > that in order to maintain the non-standard configuration. Maintaining a > different configuration for each user would be more expensive for the > provider than a "cookie-cutter" solution that makes the internet a > better experience for say 85% or more of the people out there. > > G > The point is that if the provider is deciding based on some third party paying them and thus my neighbors are getting more bandwidth than I am, not because they're paying more, but, because they're choosing to use the services that bribed my provider, then that's not a good thing.
Owen
