'Net Neutrality. (PBS tonight)

[Ari]

Rare: The pentium analogy is commented on in one of the final interviews. No one is stopping companies from charging for faster connections, we see that today with cable often costing more than 56k. What the tier system would do is charge companies for unrestricted access to current high speed connections (as far as I can tell we aren't talking about charging for new high speed fiber but about putting more charges on the current network, with promises that extra money will go to the fiber network (promises that have already been broken once)).

I found the electricity analogy to be quite good.

[RareBear]

Originally Posted by Ari

Rare: The pentium analogy is commented on in one of the final interviews. No one is stopping companies from charging for faster connections, we see that today with cable often costing more than 56k. What the tier system would do is charge companies for unrestricted access to current high speed connections (as far as I can tell we aren't talking about charging for new high speed fiber but about putting more charges on the current network, with promises that extra money will go to the fiber network (promises that have already been broken once)).

I found the electricity analogy to be quite good.

Good points. One thing's for sure, this is not as simple as many make it out to be. I look forward to studying the rest of the broadcast (tonight after the NY Mets win the NL flag, I hope, I hope, I hope..) And remain an open-minded liberal dem.