All Things Net Neutrality

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Originally Posted by NC_Skins

MLB Net Neutrality Comments reveal strong opposition to ISP fast lanes | BGR

Well, MLB has already came out and trashed the ISPs so I wouldn't expect anything less from the NFL. It's going to be interesting watching the cable companies duke it out with some huge corporations out there.

MLB kind of surprised me but I wouldn't expect the same kind of reaction from the NFL. As long as they have their money from DirectTV for Sunday Ticket they could care less. ~$20 a game (when you don't include National or Regional Broadcasts), only available to DirectTV subscribers and people who can't get DirectTV, if you follow one team and yet some people at the league office wonder why people put up with poor quality streams.

It's been stated over and over again but when going legitimate becomes a pain in the arse people resort to piracy. In essence a service problem as the great Gaben once said. Which brings me to this.

DOJ: Make Unauthorized Streaming a Felony | Multichannel

But yeah great idea. As if we don't have enough people in jail for petty crimes while guys who beat women get community service.

I guess this is the downside to get the govt more involved in the internet. However it did make me wish that there was a Napster for internet service. In every industry where providers were gouging customers piracy has been one of the greatest means to pave the way for a reliable and legal service. MP3 piracy gave way to I-Tunes. Torrented TV shows and Movies gave rise to Netflix. It's a shame that internet service can't replicate this because as long as local monopolies exist, providers can essentially get away with things they could never even attempt in a free market with competition.

In other news, oh how I would relish these peering agreements made public.
FCC asked six more ISPs, content providers to reveal paid peering deals | Ars Technica

The FCC has asked another six Internet service providers and content providers for copies of similar agreements, a commission official told Ars this week. The FCC will likely announce more details of its probe in the fall, but the public probably won't see any specific details of the contracts. Ars sent the commission a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to obtain Netflix's contracts with Comcast and Verizon, but it was denied due to their confidential nature.

"In this case, Verizon and Netflix assert, the agreement contains highly sensitive, detailed commercial and financial terms including pricing, forecasts, capacities, and network information that the parties do not make available to the public," the FCC's response to our FOIA said.

If I had to guess the capacities aspect would be pretty damming as it would likely either expose a refusal to upgrade infrastructure or it would show more then enough network capacity bringing rise to the legitimacy of data caps.