Re:Video streaming & net neutrality
by kozubik on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @07:13PM
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How do the traffic exemptions in AWS fit into this net neutrality debate ?
There are quite a few ways in which traffic between different AWS components is discounted[1], or "favored" over other traffic, and this doesn't bother me a bit - it seems quite reasonable.
I lean (slightly) to the net neutrality argument, but I have a hard time seeing how the billing practices of AWS are neutral within that framework.
How does the OP feel ?
[1] For instance, bandwidth between EC2 and S3 is free.
There are quite a few ways in which traffic between different AWS components is discounted[1], or "favored" over other traffic, and this doesn't bother me a bit - it seems quite reasonable.
I lean (slightly) to the net neutrality argument, but I have a hard time seeing how the billing practices of AWS are neutral within that framework.
How does the OP feel ?
[1] For instance, bandwidth between EC2 and S3 is free.