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To: ftth who wrote (14671)	4/18/2006 10:41:27 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Well stated, ftth. The reality is actuality quite paradoxical in many ways. One would think that a benchmark could be gleaned by examining the actual throughput rates required to make the ILECs' own services function properly and then demand comparable treatment for users who elect to use their own applications. For example, Verizon's VoIP voice services require x amount of bandwidth to operate properly, so that is how much bandwidth should be afforded for a user who uses Vonage, say. But even here the ILEC could always state that they are providing QoS for their own vertical services, thus bolstering their demand for a two-tier bandwidth structure for bandwidth that users would have to abide by if they wanted comparable throughputs as those enjoyed by the ILECs vertical services. Perhaps one way to establish a norm could be to have an independent service provider of significant size and reach pave the way, e.g., UTOPIA, the municipally-backed multi-city, all-fiber network in Utah. Hmm.. I think I'd have to give this one more thought, since there are more dependencies and criteria than merely establishing what the sustained throughput rate on the last mile wire would have to be.

To: ftth who wrote (14671)	4/19/2006 12:42:17 AM
From: tech101	Respond to of 46821

Well, the problem seems to be today only. At least 50% of the web pages are either non-accessible to me or unbearably slow. I did not link the problem to "net neutrality" although Yahoo and Google are indeed especially difficult to access. We will see if it gets better tomorrow.

To: ftth who wrote (14671)	4/19/2006 7:33:44 AM
From: shades	Respond to of 46821

Keeping it ambiguous like it is now, plays into the hands of the "Progress&Freedom Foundation types," who say no regs are needed because there's no evidence of a problem. Brighthouse networks is running a new commercial in my local market. It shows 2 girls watching a tv show talking about some hunk on a soap opera show - then it shows the 2 girls live on other sides of the planet and are talking over the telephone. The commercial says stay up all night talking to your friends - get brighthouse VOIP service. This really pissed me off when I saw this commercial - who are these silly girls talking about EPISODE of FRIENDS while me and frank and Tech101 and FTTH trying to access articles about quantum computing - you don't think we need some way to PRIORITIZE service - where maybe you and I pay a little more so dumb silly girl don't impede our quest for knowledge chatting up silly talk with her silly girlfriend? hehe