Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official
by realusername on Monday June 11, 2018 @01:00PM
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This is achieved right now with net neutrality, you just get a low data plan for IoT, nothing will be improved by removing net neutrality in your scenario.
Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official
by ocdtrekkie on Monday June 11, 2018 @10:57PM
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Ah, but what if I needed high bandwidth, but at a predictable rate to a predictable destination. Say, I have a box at the edge datacenter (like Netflix often does) to handle my specific kind of IoT traffic. It may only be cost effective for me to offer this plan if it can only talk to that service.
Net neutrality didn't stop pricing based on the amount of bandwidth used, which solves the problem you're describing.
Or you could just keep everything the same for end users, but start charging Netflix and Google for their share since they use up over 90% of all internet traffic.
Personally, I think there's a ton of possibilities for non-neutral Internet service. For instance, arguably, you could sell single-purpose wireless connections for some types of devices, say an IoT device, which has predictable data usage patterns, potentially subsidized by an IoT vendor. But with net neutrality, it'd likely be illegal to prevent someone from popping that SIM card in their phone and streaming Netflix with it.
Right now, the choice for home users tends to be "low speed" or "high speed". Unfortunately, that means low usage users like my grandma, either have to pay as much as I do for Internet, or have slow-as-frozen-molasses Internet access. Whereas if she could pay for a plan that didn't work with Netflix and YouTube, but was delivered at high speed, she'd be all set since she doesn't use streaming video.