I think "terminating access monopoly" is (rightly IMO) the litmus test for coverage, but I am not an attorney either...
$0.02, -a On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Livingood, Jason <jason_living...@cable.comcast.com> wrote: > I have the same question. No one will know for sure until the rules are > released, but my guess is it potentially covers more than people may > initially think. > > For example, I would guess many ³transit² networks will be covered since > they also provide in many cases retail access to schools, hospitals, > government, business, etc. It¹s not much of a stretch to see how CDNs, > hosters, and others may be covered by at least parts of this, such as > transparency/policy disclosure, maybe measurement. Blocking, throttling, > and paid prioritization could also apply in some critical ways, especially > given the % of Internet traffic that uses CDNs for example. > > > Again, the key may be that there will be ambiguity that may only be sorted > out as case law develops around each of these areas. But IANAL so I¹m just > guessing like the rest of us for now! ;-) > > - Jason > > On 2/27/15, 3:44 PM, "Adam Rothschild" <a...@latency.net> wrote: > >>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-33 >>2260A1.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 ³the Internet² and can¹t guarantee ³access >>>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 don¹t 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. >>>> >>> >> >
