Re:Google Public Policy Blog: A joint policy proposal for an...
by lagubya on Tuesday August 10, 2010 @06:49AM
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It is like saying, since I am the ISP, providing you broadband, my services have the right to be successful in comparison to others.
And I'll use the money you pay for my privileged services to reduce the price for internet access..
Your broadband provider is in the unique position of having super-cheap bandwidth directly to you, cheaper and faster than the vanilla internet they can provide. They'll be forbidden to prioritise one site over another, or to discriminate against individual sites. The question really is, do you want to forbid them from selling useful services based around this cheap bandwidth? That's what IPTV and health imaging are all about.
Enterprising startups in these spaces already have barriers to entry based around cost. They can either wait for the bandwidth to become cheaper, try to cut similar deals, or come up with a way of providing these services without the same bandwidth needs.