Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality

[Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org>]

Bill,

This is not feasible. ISPs work by oversubscription, so it's never possible for all (or even 10% of all) customers to 
simultaneously demand their full bandwidth. If ISPs had to reserve the full bandwidth sold to each customer in order to 
"do everything reasonably within your power to make sure I can access the Internet sites of my choice at X megabits per 
second", then broadband connections would cost thousands of dollars per month.

Anyone who doesn't understand this fundamental fact of Internet distribution will be unable to engage in reasonable 
discussion about ISP practices.

On Feb 27, 2015, at 9:56 AM, William Herrin <bill () herrin us<mailto:bill () herrin us>>
 wrote:

Deceit is Bad Behavior. If you sell me an X megabit per second
Internet access service, you should do everything reasonably within
your power to make sure I can access the Internet sites of my choice
at X megabits per second.