[ale] OT: FCC and ISP

[Lightner, Jeff]

Actually in my most recent CommieCast bill they announced they’re going to start charging an extra $1.50 a month to “cover the increasing cost” of streaming video.    There was some buzz about that in the news a couple of weeks ago.

From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kinney
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 10:43 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: FCC and ISP

As it will certainly impact Linux networking, I would put this as certainly on topic.
And very very disturbing.
So FredsCo pays to get his bits onto the network, and Mary pays to see bits from the network. Now, the bit carriers can charge FredsCo to have his bits actually make it to Mary. Next change will be charging Mary extra for getting bits from FredsCo. I'm picturing the miscellaneous fees like shipping and handling fees for physical goods.
I was under the impression that the carriers were making pretty good money. This really stinks like a way to squash out Comcast competitor Netflix.

On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com<mailto:bugyatl at gmail.com>> wrote:
This is a little bit related with my previous post for Comcast latency/jitter problem. I know is against ale group rules but I feel it is important.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/14/5307650/federal-court-strikes-down-net-neutrality-rules





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