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Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality
From: "Bob Evans" <bob () FiberInternetCenter com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 19:40:01 -0800
> Asymmetric service was introduced to discourage home users from > deploying "commercial" services. As were bandwidth caps.
Noooo, it was not. It was a technology issue from the very beginning. Technology limits of coax cable plants even before DOCSIS. Also dslam designs were such that they knew the direction of packets would be based on the need to deliver content. But Byte transfer caps (not bandwidth) were based on the high throughput limits of the C.O. and headend gear together with a marketers ability to over selling to a consumer. Bob Evans
Current thread:
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality, (continued)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Lyndon Nerenberg (Feb 28)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Stephen Satchell (Feb 28)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Jack Bates (Feb 28)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Lyndon Nerenberg (Feb 28)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Scott Helms (Feb 28)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Matthew Kaufman (Feb 28)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Michael Thomas (Mar 01)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Scott Helms (Mar 01)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Michael Thomas (Mar 01)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Barry Shein (Feb 28)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Bob Evans (Feb 28)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Barry Shein (Feb 28)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Clayton Zekelman (Mar 01)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Michael Thomas (Mar 01)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Jack Bates (Mar 01)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Clayton Zekelman (Mar 01)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Owen DeLong (Feb 28)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Aled Morris (Mar 01)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Miles Fidelman (Mar 01)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Scott Helms (Mar 01)
- Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality Miles Fidelman (Mar 01)