Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic?

On 9/13/2010 12:05 PM, William Herrin wrote:

It's a question of double-billing. I've already paid you to send and receive packets on my behalf. Detuning my packets because a second party hasn't also paid you is cheating, maybe fraudulent.

Would you object to an ISP model where a content provider could pay to get an ISP subscriber's package upgraded on a dynamic basis? It would look something like my Road Runner PowerBoost(tm) service, only it never cuts off when the consumer is accessing a particular content provider's service. That would allow Netflix/Hulu/OnLive/whoever to offer me a streaming service that requires a 15Mbps connection even though I'm not willing to upgrade my 10 up/1 down ISP connection to get it. -- Dave