I interpreted the FCC press release[*] to apply these provisions to "broadband access" providers only -- that is to say, not hosters, nor CDNs. It will indeed be interesting to see how this works once the full documentation is released. FWIW, -a [*] http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0226/DOC-3322... On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 2:49 PM, McElearney, Kevin <Kevin_McElearney@cable.comcast.com> wrote:
[Sorry for top-posting]
I actually think you are both right and partially wrong. It IS the ISPs responsibility to provide you with the broadband that was advertised and you paid for. This is also measured today by the FCC through Measuring Broadband America. http://data.fcc.gov/download/measuring-broadband-america/2014/2014-Fixed-Me asuring-Broadband-America-Report.pdf
That said, your ISP is NOT “the Internet” and can’t guarantee “access the Internet sites of my choice at X megabits per second." While ISPs do take the phone call for all Internet problems (sometimes not very well), they certainly don’t control all levels of the QoE. ASPs may have server/site issues internally, CDNs may purposely throttle downloads (content owners contract commits), not all transit ISPs are created equal, TCP distance limitations, etc.
What would be interesting is if all these rules/principals and transparency requirements were to be applied to all involved in the consumer QoE.
- Kevin
On 2/27/15, 1:34 PM, "Mel Beckman" <mel@beckman.org> wrote:
Bill,
This is not feasible. ISPs work by oversubscription, so it's never possible for all (or even 10% of all) customers to simultaneously demand their full bandwidth. If ISPs had to reserve the full bandwidth sold to each customer in order to "do everything reasonably within your power to make sure I can access the Internet sites of my choice at X megabits per second", then broadband connections would cost thousands of dollars per month.
Anyone who doesn't understand this fundamental fact of Internet distribution will be unable to engage in reasonable discussion about ISP practices.
On Feb 27, 2015, at 9:56 AM, William Herrin <bill@herrin.us<mailto:bill@herrin.us>> wrote:
Deceit is Bad Behavior. If you sell me an X megabit per second Internet access service, you should do everything reasonably within your power to make sure I can access the Internet sites of my choice at X megabits per second.