Two Tiered Internet
Tony Li
tony.li at tony.li
Thu Dec 15 00:53:36 UTC 2005
> The telephone companies are asking for the same ability to sell
> multiple
> services over the same physical line. Cable companies didn't make
> their
> Internet service slower when they add more private services, why do
> people expect the telephone companies to make their Internet service
> worse when the telephone companies add private services to their
> network?
Because they're telephone companies.
Because they can't manufacture bandwidth that isn't there. Cable
co's provide
broadband with a fraction of the loop capacity. For telco's to offer
premium
service, they have to take from the aggregate capacity. It's a zero
sum game,
and for the telco's to get more, the subscribers get less.
Tony
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