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Re: Bandwidth is not the issue

Posted By: Tonya
Tuesday, 2 May 2006, at 11:24 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Bandwidth is not the issue (S. Tanna)

Perhaps it isn't black and white, but I would be more concerned with the following scenario:

1. Company A and Company B sell a similar product via the Internet (say Amazon and Barnes & Noble per the example in the initial forum post).

2. Company A enters into an agreement with AT&T to pay an additional percentage for superior service for their site. The agreement binds AT&T not to allow the same service to Company B.

3. Therefore Company A is able to offer a faster, better web experience for its potential buyers.

4. Company B is unable to meet the same standards and loses out on business because of it.

5. The consumer (or student, or whomever - this doesn't just apply to commerce) is the one who ultimately suffers due to the limitations that have been enabled.

And how does paying for connectivity improvement to just ONE company that funded it benefit consumers anyway, unless they are customers of Company X? The improvements you specify benefit exactly and only Company X and AT&T UNLESS they are made available to everyone.

Tonya

1. Imagine there is a new content company, let's call them company X.

> 2. Imagine content company X wants to sell movie and music downloads (like
> Apple does with iTunes) to their customers.

> 3. Imagine content company X wants to pay AT&T to build a better cabling
> to your (and other consumers') houses or local exchanges, so that company
> X's content can be delivered faster.

> Right now, step 3 can not realistically happen, because even if company X
> were to pay AT&T to improve connectivity, the improvement that they paid
> for wouldn't be just available for company X, but available for every Tom,
> Dick and Harry in world.

> And, as a result, step 3, which would benefit consumers, never happens.
> The improvement in connectivity that could have happened, didn't happen.

> Net neutrality isn't nearly so simple, nor nearly so black and white, as
> some people seem to think.

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Subject: Congress is selling out the Internet (views: 486)
Tonya -- Monday, 1 May 2006, at 3:31 p.m.
- Congress is "for sale" (views: 475)
  Bluto -- Tuesday, 2 May 2006, at 12:34 a.m.
- Re: Subject: Congress is selling out the Internet (views: 458)
  Bill Cornelius -- Tuesday, 2 May 2006, at 7:47 a.m.
  - Bandwidth is not the issue (views: 472)
    Tonya -- Tuesday, 2 May 2006, at 10:38 a.m.
    - Re: Bandwidth is not the issue (views: 466)
      S. Tanna -- Tuesday, 2 May 2006, at 11:02 a.m.
      - Re: Bandwidth is not the issue (views: 438)
        Tonya -- Tuesday, 2 May 2006, at 11:24 a.m.
        
        Re: Bandwidth is not the issue (views: 454)
        BenV -- Tuesday, 2 May 2006, at 12:08 p.m.
        
        It's not that simple (views: 466)
        Mel. White -- Wednesday, 3 May 2006, at 6:15 a.m.
        
        Re: It's not that simple (views: 485)
        Tonya -- Wednesday, 3 May 2006, at 7:21 a.m.
    - Re: Bandwidth is not the issue (views: 470)
      Bill Cornelius -- Tuesday, 2 May 2006, at 7:59 p.m.
      - Any idea why this is suddenly an issue? (views: 451)
        Mel. White -- Wednesday, 3 May 2006, at 6:28 a.m.
        
        nail----head (views: 456)
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- Oh, by the way....... (views: 447)
  Bill Cornelius -- Tuesday, 2 May 2006, at 8:08 p.m.
  - By the way, you are incorrect (views: 478)
    Tonya -- Tuesday, 2 May 2006, at 9:29 p.m.
  - Not quite there, but keep trying... (views: 440)
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