Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US letter carriers

Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by AmericanChopper on Monday July 27, 2020 @07:26AM (#23964044)

Every reason that mail service tiers make sense can be applied to net neutrality too. VOIP, streaming media, multiplayer video games all “need” a much better QoS than say browsing a web page, or downloading a torrent does.

Anybody who wishes to compete with Amazon will also have to pay additional fees to offer an equivalent service, and if high QoS delivery channels become over-subscribed, prices for them will increase. Further discriminating against competition.

> So, if Amazon wants to pay extra for that service tier like everyone else ... what's the problem?

What’s the problem with an ISP creating a seperate QoS tier for people who require it, and charging more for it? It’s exactly the same thing.

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Re:Amazon gets priority while mail gets delayed, say US lett... by twblalock on Monday July 27, 2020 @01:17PM (#23967174)

> Every reason that mail service tiers make sense can be applied to net neutrality too. VOIP, streaming media, multiplayer video games all “need” a much better QoS than say browsing a web page, or downloading a torrent does.

That's a pretty good argument against net neutrality. It's a bad argument against service tiers for mail.

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