Two Tiered Internet

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