Consumption Based Broadband

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat net>
> Date: October 25, 2009 17:06:25 EDT
> To: dave () farber net, ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re:  Consumption Based Broadband

> Let's think about this issue for a minute in terms of competition.  
> Suppose a small competitor wishes to rise up to challenge Google in  
> one of its (increasingly diverse) business areas. Because Google has  
> a huge private fiber network, and has also placed large and  
> expensive servers in the network operations centers of major ISPs,  
> it may not be possible for a small startup to deliver its content to  
> the end user as quickly as Google. Unless, of course, it pays ISPs  
> for "express delivery" of its data.
>
> In other words, one of the things which the proponents of NN most  
> seek to prohibit is the very thing that a startup might need to  
> compete with Google -- or other entrenched content providers, such  
> as Microsoft, Amazon, etc., which are also lobbying for NN regulation.
>
> We must be very wary both of the proposed regulation -- a non- 
> solution to a nonexistent problem -- and of the motives of the  
> companies that support it. Remember: corporations do not do things  
> out of the goodness of their hearts.
>
> --Brett Glass



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