Net Neutrality has a flipside called Server Neutrality:
▻http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/disruptivedean/time-warner-cable-netflix_n_2495826_223014268.html - bullies should remember there always is a bigger bully.
Time Warner Cable alleges that Netflix discriminates against its customers — Tech News and Analysis
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The risk they seem not to realise is that discrimination and charging works in either direction. By assuming they’re in a position to dictate terms to NetFlix, Google etc, they’ve overlooked a massive risk the tables might be turned. Content/app companies could themselves “block” customers on certain networks from getting better “quality of service”.
NetFlix is just the tip of the iceberg. If ISPs start to charge for data on pain of throttling, I could imagine Google saying “we’ll instigate our own 5 second delay for search & Gmail, unless you pay us an equal amount”. Or, like NetFlix, they’ll only offer certain premium services to users on specific networks that are “friendly”.
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#neutralité_du_net ▻http://gigaom.com/2013/01/16/time-warner-cable-vs-netflix
As we wrote before, this conflict between Netflix and ISPs has been going on for some time, and it essentially comes down to #peering arrangements. ISPs want big content providers like Netflix and Google with its YouTube service to pay for traffic, but Netflix and Co. point out that consumers are already paying for their traffic.
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