Baedon's Curious Web

Like most people, I have a difficult time understanding some things about the Internet. One of the biggest is why some Internet (http://www NULL.flickr NULL.com/photos/adrian_s/)Service Providers (ISPs (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Internet_service_provider)) pick and choose what content they will make available to their subscribers at higher speeds and slow down, or throttle back, others.

Yes, I know most of our ISPs, today, are powered by cable companies. I also know that these same companies are starting to feel the bite of having streaming video (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/Streaming_media) content on the Internet for free or at much lower than what the cable companies are charging. But, does this sound like a good practice to you? It doesn’t to me.

The only reason that these companies can get away with it is, the majority of the country doesn’t have any choice in what ISP they have and if they do, it is rather limited. And there are some areas of the country that are completely tied to one provider due to some weird local zoning laws.

I, for one, am 100% behind the FCC (http://www NULL.fcc NULL.gov/) making it so ISPs can not throttle speeds based on content. If the companies fear that the Internet is muscling in on their turf, maybe they should consider improving the quality of service. Where I live, I use a cable company ISP. I have called them on numerous occasions about connectivity issues. They say there is nothing wrong on their side of the fence. Yeah, right. And if I had a viable option to switch to, I sure wood. But the only other provider worth it’s salt isn’t as fast as cable. So, I’m stuck.

Contrary to what you might be hearing from certain wild elephants, regulation of this sort by the FCC will help keep our Internet Content free of harassment by the very vehicles we use to access her, namely, the cable companies, is a good thing!

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