On 9/17/2010 11:43 AM, Drew Weaver wrote:
How would you feel if you paid for priority access to hulu.com via this means, only to see>your carrier de-prioritize that traffic because they're getting a check from Netflix?
Isn't this where "competition/may the best provider win" comes into play?
That argument may not work, as there are many non-competitive jurisdictions. Of course, the non-compete areas aren't necessarily where a content provider would pay for such a service. Content provider must see value in the higher class service, which generally means they send a lot of traffic to where they are paying, which implies a lot of customers on the ISP side, which implies a high probability that we are talking metropolitan areas where there is more competition (or a massive NSP which will have a mix of rural and metro). Jack