This picture exemplified the Net Neutrality Debate for me.
[h/t]Teblog: Internet highway or dirt track?
Monday, July 31, 2006
Teblog: Internet highway or dirt track?
This picture exemplified the Net Neutrality Debate for me.
[h/t]Teblog: Internet highway or dirt track?
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I really think that picture is a poor analogy, personally. The whole idea behind a tiered internet is to create a second, faster tier than we have now for things that absolutely cannot afford latency problems. For instance, voice communication, high definition video, or time-sensitive instantaneous communications--for instance a doctor performing surgery with a robotic arm across the country via the internet.
ReplyDeleteAll of these things need to be free of blips and bumps, and for this reason it makes sense to offer a "fast-track" for those types of services.
Ah, and here I thought that Net neutrality had already thoroughly been described by Ted Stevens, he he.
ReplyDeleteWell he make his insightful comments after I wrote the article.
ReplyDeleteOf course I'm kicking myself that I didn't realise it was just a series of "toobs" and that I could even send people "internets".
Perhaps I should be fired.