Net Neutrality may have just kicked the bucket in the European Union

VipertheSniper · 10-28-15, 09:17 PM

yeah I guess that's the same everywhere... still with all the fuzzy wording in that decision ISP's can basically do as they please with the traffic. You might have a 100/10 connection, but if streaming is throttled because you didn't pay up for that extra streaming package, your provider just got the license to invent, you might get just enough bandwidth out of it to stream a video in SD.

Yeah they'll charge the content providers for access to their fast lanes.
But they'll do the same with the customers too. After all those are the fast lanes and to use 'em you gotta pay, unless you use our own crappy service (at least some telecom companies are also in the business of content provision) which doesn't hold a candle to Netflix et al. but is free for you (at first), our beloved customer, and available in HD.

If you've read the articles I've posted, especially the first one, and see the points criticized not as separate but as a whole, you might see why the above scenario isn't unlikely.

10-28-15, 09:17 PM	#15
VipertheSniper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austria Posts: 1,072 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	yeah I guess that's the same everywhere... still with all the fuzzy wording in that decision ISP's can basically do as they please with the traffic. You might have a 100/10 connection, but if streaming is throttled because you didn't pay up for that extra streaming package, your provider just got the license to invent, you might get just enough bandwidth out of it to stream a video in SD. Yeah they'll charge the content providers for access to their fast lanes. But they'll do the same with the customers too. After all those are the fast lanes and to use 'em you gotta pay, unless you use our own crappy service (at least some telecom companies are also in the business of content provision) which doesn't hold a candle to Netflix et al. but is free for you (at first), our beloved customer, and available in HD. If you've read the articles I've posted, especially the first one, and see the points criticized not as separate but as a whole, you might see why the above scenario isn't unlikely.