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AT&T promises to lower your Internet bill if FCC kills net neutrality

5 点作者 hubtree大约 11 年前

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dragonwriter大约 11 年前
What they mean is that they are willing to give up $<i>N</i> you are currently playing to AT&amp;T in exchange for $2<i>N</i> in new charges to the companies you are interacting with over the internet, who will pass that cost back to you, increasing your charge from Netflix, etc., from its current $<i>X</i> to 2<i>N</i>+<i>X</i>. So, you&#x27;ll be paying more to AT&amp;T in total, but less directly.<p>Of course, they&#x27;ll use the additional money to offer you similar services to the ones that they are charging other people to provide you, and they&#x27;ll offer you a lower price than their competitors can in the face of AT&amp;T tolls -- say $<i>X</i>+1.5<i>N</i>.
coreymgilmore大约 11 年前
Two things: First: So AT&amp;T will lower your bill by charging data suppliers (Netfix, Google, Apple,...) for preferential access. Well what are these companies going to do: charge higher prices to recoup their higher expenses! Two sides of this coin: yes you pay higher fees for their service, but only users of Netflix&#x2F;Google&#x2F;Apple pay the higher fees. Everyone else is lower. So in a sense, this stops non-subscribers from subsidizing the subscribers.<p>Second: This &quot;will help startups compete against more established players.&quot; How so? Now start-ups are going to have to pay for preferential access to serve their content too. Big players will always be able to outspend these startups and in a way reduce the exposure of any new service. This is not so good for everyone (well except the titans).
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mynewwork大约 11 年前
Wolf promises to look after sheep if shepherd leaves them in open pasture.
ademarre大约 11 年前
Maybe it&#x27;s time for Netflix to follow Google&#x27;s lead and get into the fiber-to-the-home ISP business. If more big players on the side of net neutrality did this they might succeed in reinventing the ISP business from the inside out.