Comments on: Net Neutrality: Taken For Fools http://www.ipandora.net/2009/10/28/net-neutrality-taken-for-fools/ There are no stupid questions, there are just a lot of inquisitive idiots Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:29:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matthew http://www.ipandora.net/2009/10/28/net-neutrality-taken-for-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-9965 Matthew Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:58:08 +0000 http://www.ipandora.net/?p=1682#comment-9965 If any regulation is necessary, it's much less intrusive than anything "net neutrality" supporters have endorsed. 1. ISPs should be required to notify users of any changes to their service that may impact a service or destination. For instance, legitimate reasons exist to prioritize VoIP traffic over BitTorrent traffic on a shared network. ISPs should be free to innovate and improve the overall net experience, provided they notify users. 2. Anti-competitive practices should be illegal. Prioritizing all VoIP traffic improves the responsiveness of voice communication over the net, but an ISP prioritizing only their own VoIP traffic is anti-competitive -- their own voice offerings have an unfair advantage over other providers. The ISP is the user's gateway to the net and ISP choices are very limited, so anti-competitive practices extend this geographic monopoly to other services. If any regulation is necessary, it's much less intrusive than anything "net neutrality" supporters have endorsed.

1. ISPs should be required to notify users of any changes to their service that may impact a service or destination. For instance, legitimate reasons exist to prioritize VoIP traffic over BitTorrent traffic on a shared network. ISPs should be free to innovate and improve the overall net experience, provided they notify users.

2. Anti-competitive practices should be illegal. Prioritizing all VoIP traffic improves the responsiveness of voice communication over the net, but an ISP prioritizing only their own VoIP traffic is anti-competitive — their own voice offerings have an unfair advantage over other providers. The ISP is the user's gateway to the net and ISP choices are very limited, so anti-competitive practices extend this geographic monopoly to other services.

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