Two-Tiered Internet

We have a two-tiered Internet now.

I posted an item on my blog this morning related to this story. Rather than repeat myself here is the link ... bottom line:

* The context for this has been building for some time
* This may be a rational private response to regulatory asymmetry -- I haven't had a chance to do the analysis yet.

Martin's link didn't make it through somehow so I am pasting it here.

http://telcom2935.blogspot.com/2005/12/network-neutrality-again.html

If you got the dough you can buy anything.

I have been for media companies control of content, to regain profit for that content. But I now have the competition of cable and internet from one provider, and phone service from another. And it could as easily be the other way. I don't have wifi, but there is Starbucks at the corner, so I could get even more connections.

Broadband is also opening under many new delivery formats, that mean competition will stay health. And with the development of fuller wireless providers coming into this mix, G3, G4, wifi and wimax, if a content provider can't deliver more levels of content into this competition, others now promise to do just that.

And to gain your subscription more competition will still be built into the ISP mix. If they close one channel, others media now are in place to profit from their obstruction. That is the one thing going for us in this.

who ownes the wires all this banwidth is going over anyway?

the people, yes thats right the people own it. not the phone companies, the telcoms ect.

we own it, how well because the Federal government regulates it through the FCC.

We own the wires no the telcoms, we just allow them to use it. Its our banwidth not thiers.

If you think I'm out of my mind, go read the regulations on it.

The People own the banwidth not the other way around.