the net has never been unregulated

Posted May 11, 2006 7:30 UTC (Thu) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: the net has never been unregulated by stevenj
Parent article: Legislative update

With regard to network neutrality, what they should say is that the broadband providers cannot charge the SUPPLIERS of content for priority treatment.

This is a simple QoS issue (Quality Of Service), and if I choose to pay my broadband provider to provide a guaranteed QoS for Skype, that's my choice.

But if my broadband provider artificially downgrades Skype because they haven't paid for priority treatment, then they are defrauding me because my "8Mb connection" or whatever I've paid for isn't running at the paid-for speed because they are interfering with my traffic!

Cheers,
Wol