[ale] OT: Craig Newmark of Craig's List on Net Neutrality

[Jim Popovitch]

Geoffrey wrote:
> Jim Popovitch wrote:
> 
>> If all Atlantans decided to use GoogleEarth at the same time and sap 
>> available bandwidth from me, I am going to expect Comcast to increase 
>> the capabilities of their network.  Who should pay for that network 
>> upgrade? Me?  OK, so Comcast should pay something to upgrade their 
>> network, but should they do it every time the next-big thing comes 
>> around?  Comcast isn't in the business of predicting the network needs 
>> 20 years from now, what do you think they will need for per-household 
>> bandwith in 5, 10, 15, and 20 years?  See, it ain't easy.
> 
> Actually I suspect they are, at least they should be.  AT&T certainly 
> plans/predicts long term in these ranges.

But AT&T is a big evil telco. ;-)  Seriously, AT&T does do those things 
right, or at least they did in the past.  Comcast, RR, etc., is a whole 
other ballgame I bet.  Still, 5 years ago no one really thought that we 
would need 6MB down or FIOS to keep people happy today.

-Jim P.