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Ben.geek.nz Forums » Topic: Net Neutrality: Why you should care http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/net-neutrality-why-you-should-care en-US Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:16:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/search.php Ethan on "Net Neutrality: Why you should care" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/net-neutrality-why-you-should-care#post-909 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:47:23 +0000 Ethan 909@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: Ethan</div>Is anyone else rather disturbed by this as I am? Surely freedom of speech is equitable to freedom of what websites you look at? I have had a few discussions with friends about Orcon’s O-Zone, which without paying does give obvious priority to certain sites, is that a breach of net neutrality? How does everyone else feel about this? I do not look forward to a future where my ISP controls where I browse in the same way as a school/university does! (wait, is that a breach too? <img src='http://www.ben.geek.nz/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> ) JC on "Net Neutrality: Why you should care" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/net-neutrality-why-you-should-care#post-656 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:36:25 +0000 JC 656@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: JC</div><a href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/#comment-24116" rel="nofollow">@Ben</a> At the end of the day, it comes down to what kind of traffic you want. If sites like youtube which use UDP and don’t give a care as to the order of packets arriving can survive in a purely best-effort environment – they will. Voice and live video will require more nimble and latency-nazi style flows, and we *will* end up paying more for it, it’s the nature of economics. The sad fact is that where money is to be made, even in the open and free wilds of the internet, it will be made. I have a sneaking suspicion that the future of the net will be a bit of a debacle, it’s not an easy thing to explain and switched on companies will be taking advantage of that fact. Blergh, I have to get my head away from work and go see Evil play. Woooh! Chainsaw on "Net Neutrality: Why you should care" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/net-neutrality-why-you-should-care#post-644 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:52:48 +0000 Chainsaw 644@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <div class="wpbb_anonymous_userinfo">Posted by unregistered user: Chainsaw</div>I didn’t see ben.geek.nz on those “ads”! We’re doomed! <img src='http://www.ben.geek.nz/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif' alt=':shock:' class='wp-smiley' /> Ben on "Net Neutrality: Why you should care" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/net-neutrality-why-you-should-care#post-642 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:44:21 +0000 Ben 642@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ You make an interesting point. Voice is already heavily prioritised, and bittorrent is likely de-prioritised on most networks. My personal opinion: as long as traffic type prioritisation is completely up front and transparent, and not filtered by destination, then it’s not entirely evil. You still have the option of choosing a neutral ISP. But what about backbone providers? If I choose an ISP that does not prioritise anything, my traffic still gets shaped by those providers. It’s a proverbial can-o-worms. Ben on "Net Neutrality: Why you should care" http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/topic/net-neutrality-why-you-should-care#post-641 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:44:21 +0000 Ben 641@http://www.ben.geek.nz/forum/ <blockquote>Some things that are so important that you need to stop, dear reader, and take the time to understand. Internet neutrality is one of these things.</blockquote> <a href="http://www.ben.geek.nz/net-neutrality-why-you-should-care/">Net Neutrality: Why you should care</a> <script type="text/javascript">AKPC_IDS += ",";</script>Popularity: unranked [<a href="http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress/popularity-contest" title="What does this mean?">?</a>]