Re: Consumption Based Broadband

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Vint Cerf <vint () google com>
Date: October 24, 2009 6:08:27 AM EDT
To: Keith Dawson <kdawson () slashdot org>
Cc: nnsquad () nnsquad org
Subject: [ NNSquad ] Re: Consumption Based Broadband

folks,

I suspect that at least one version of managed networking would be
VPNs.  For these, one gets dedicated access to ISP assets to build a
virtual private network. Now suppose one wants to allow a residential
customer (or a hotel customer) to get access to this VPN over shared
access to the Internet.  I can see that an ISP might want to offer
some kind of premium access to the shared infrastructure for a VPN
customer. Personally, if I could get premium access (e.g. higher
capacity), I'd like it to apply not only to the VPN but to general
Internet use!

vint

On Oct 23, 2009, at 4:32 PM, Keith Dawson wrote:

> > What sort of laws are in place that would prevent such an  
> > arrangement?
> > Is this covered by the proposed NN regulations?
>
> That is indeed the question, isn't it?
>
> From yesterday's NY Times coverage [*] of the FCC's action:
>
> [*] http://is.gd/4y7M7   [ bits.blogs.nytimes.com ]
>
> Mr. Genachowski, however, offered more questions than answers on what
> may be the biggest philosophical debate: whether a telecommunications
> company can give preference to services it offers over those of
> rivals. Communications companies want to offer services that take
> advantage of some of the capacity or features of their networks. This
> might be offering Internet video services, improved voice mail or
> text-messaging, or faster connections to Internet sites that pay for
> speedy service.
>
> The commission simply asked for comment on how to define what it calls
> "managed services" and what rules should apply to them.
>
> On this issue, Michael J. Copps, one of the Democratic commissioners,
> argued that Internet service providers should not be able to favor
> their own products over others.
>
> "The Internet must never be about powerful gatekeepers and walled
> gardens," he said. "It must always be about the smoothest possible
> flow of communications among people."
>
> But Mr. McDowell [Republican FCC commissioner] said that such rules
> would deny consumers the benefits of better services.
>
> "Consumers are telling the marketplace that they don't want networks
> that operate merely as 'dumb pipes,'" he said. "Sometimes they want
> the added value and efficiency that comes from intelligence inside
> networks as well."
>
> In other words, the action that appears to those of us on the pro-NN
> side of the debate to be the most clearly and patently evil of all,
> to those on the anti-NN side seems to be simply good common sense.
>
> -- KDawson





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