I interpreted the FCC press release[*] to apply these provisions to "broadband access" providers only -- that is to say, not hosters, nor CDNs. It will indeed be interesting to see how this works once the full documentation is released.
FWIW, -a [*] http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0226/DOC-332260A1.pdf On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 2:49 PM, McElearney, Kevin <kevin_mcelear...@cable.comcast.com> wrote: > [Sorry for top-posting] > > I actually think you are both right and partially wrong. It IS the ISPs > responsibility to provide you with the broadband that was advertised and > you paid for. This is also measured today by the FCC through Measuring > Broadband America. > http://data.fcc.gov/download/measuring-broadband-america/2014/2014-Fixed-Me > asuring-Broadband-America-Report.pdf > > That said, your ISP is NOT “the Internet” and can’t guarantee “access the > Internet sites of my choice at X megabits per second." While ISPs do take > the phone call for all Internet problems (sometimes not very well), they > certainly don’t control all levels of the QoE. ASPs may have server/site > issues internally, CDNs may purposely throttle downloads (content owners > contract commits), not all transit ISPs are created equal, TCP distance > limitations, etc. > > What would be interesting is if all these rules/principals and > transparency requirements were to be applied to all involved in the > consumer QoE. > > - Kevin > > On 2/27/15, 1:34 PM, "Mel Beckman" <m...@beckman.org> wrote: > >>Bill, >> >>This is not feasible. ISPs work by oversubscription, so it's never >>possible for all (or even 10% of all) customers to simultaneously demand >>their full bandwidth. If ISPs had to reserve the full bandwidth sold to >>each customer in order to "do everything reasonably within your power to >>make sure I can access the Internet sites of my choice at X megabits per >>second", then broadband connections would cost thousands of dollars per >>month. >> >>Anyone who doesn't understand this fundamental fact of Internet >>distribution will be unable to engage in reasonable discussion about ISP >>practices. >> >>On Feb 27, 2015, at 9:56 AM, William Herrin >><b...@herrin.us<mailto:b...@herrin.us>> >> wrote: >> >>Deceit is Bad Behavior. If you sell me an X megabit per second >>Internet access service, you should do everything reasonably within >>your power to make sure I can access the Internet sites of my choice >>at X megabits per second. >> >
