Whatever they say, the upgrades required to keep sufficient bandwidth are relatively cheap. In the case of Comcast/Netflix, it was well-documented. You, the consumer, pay your ISP for bandwidth. It's up to them to decide how much bandwidth to give you that their business model can afford. If they can't afford to give you 15 Mbps down, then don't offer that package.
By charging Netflix, all that's going to happen: Netflix pays the ISP, an additional cost to them and additional payment to the ISP in addition to your monthly cost. Netflix passes the cost on to you (arguably they already did), which increases your bill anyway. ISP can't afford Netflix? Raise rates, or lower bandwidth.
Sometimes the crazy is crazy. Giving two sides an equal amount of time when one side definitely is not true is insanity. Fox does this all the damn time and claims they are "fair and balanced." They are neither because not only do they give the crazy equal time, they spin the truth and then argue about it with a bunch of dumbasses, some of whom aren't even experts. Why are you giving someone who knows nothing about the subject equal time (sometimes more) than the guy who has PhD in the field?
Every publication is biased. "Fair and balanced" is neither fair nor balanced when the clear-cut crazy argument is given equal time to the truth because it makes the crazy seem valid. When it is not.
This is a blatant, perfect example of why lobbying needs to go suck a cock. Just because a special interest wants something one way doesn't mean a perfectly good bill should get destroyed.
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This has been debunked:
https://medium.com/backchannel/jammed-e474fc4925e4
Whatever they say, the upgrades required to keep sufficient bandwidth are relatively cheap. In the case of Comcast/Netflix, it was well-documented. You, the consumer, pay your ISP for bandwidth. It's up to them to decide how much bandwidth to give you that their business model can afford. If they can't afford to give you 15 Mbps down, then don't offer that package.
By charging Netflix, all that's going to happen: Netflix pays the ISP, an additional cost to them and additional payment to the ISP in addition to your monthly cost. Netflix passes the cost on to you (arguably they already did), which increases your bill anyway. ISP can't afford Netflix? Raise rates, or lower bandwidth.
Re:
Watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjuGCJJUGsg
Sometimes the crazy is crazy. Giving two sides an equal amount of time when one side definitely is not true is insanity. Fox does this all the damn time and claims they are "fair and balanced." They are neither because not only do they give the crazy equal time, they spin the truth and then argue about it with a bunch of dumbasses, some of whom aren't even experts. Why are you giving someone who knows nothing about the subject equal time (sometimes more) than the guy who has PhD in the field?
Every publication is biased. "Fair and balanced" is neither fair nor balanced when the clear-cut crazy argument is given equal time to the truth because it makes the crazy seem valid. When it is not.
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