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   Ben
   Big Kahuna

   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.

   
   Net Neutrality: Why you should care

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   Posted 2 weeks ago #
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   Ben
   Big Kahuna

   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.

   Posted 2 weeks ago #
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   Anonymous
   

   I didn’t see ben.geek.nz on those “ads”! We’re doomed!

   Posted 2 weeks ago #
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   Anonymous
   

   @Ben
   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!

   Posted 2 weeks ago #

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