[RndTbl] "toaster" neutrality ...

Dan Martin ummar143 at shaw.ca
Wed Sep 12 10:55:42 CDT 2012


I heartily agree with the concept of net neutrality when it comes to discriminating against content providers.

Discrimination based on content type or a similar metric is a different matter.  I think some discrimination is warranted - my personal opinion coloured by the fact that I don't like to sit for 5 minutes while my web page loads piece by piece because Netflix is making money off my neighbour.  And yes, a small decrease in overall latency IS worth it for a significant decrease in average latency, especially for time critical applications.

Using the electricity analogy, this is like charging more for power at peak load times, a common practice that can benefit the majority of users.

-Dan M

On 2012-09-11, at 11:24 PM, Dan Keizer wrote:

> ... here's that little video that was brought up at the meeting today ... i just love the analogy :-)
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfHjP0jRf4s
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> Dan.
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