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Re:President Obama Calls for a Free and Open Internet by diminoten on Monday November 10, 2014 @10:14AM (#8583899)
I'm glad the president is giving a hoot about this issue, because it's an issue I care deeply about and follow closely.

That said, I'm still not convinced a "no slow lanes" policy is possible. Peering is a huge part of the Internet, and without it, the Internet doesn't work. Paid peering is a private network owner's right to ask for, and it's every other person's right to deny.

Re:President Obama Calls for a Free and Open Internet by crackalackin on Monday November 10, 2014 @10:22AM (#8583968)
Really? I wish he'd keep his mouth shut. The moment he makes his position known on anything, the Republican controlled congress makes it their holy crusade to block. Those guys are now in complete control of the legislative body that makes these rules.

If he REALLY wanted to help, he'd start supporting the opposite of everything he wants to do. He should be good at that, re: NSA, Drones, Gitmo, etc. "I will close down Gitmo! ... lol"

Re:President Obama Calls for a Free and Open Internet by Cr3w on Monday November 10, 2014 @11:13AM (#8584344)
Great leaders lead. Bad ones complain of opposition.
Re:President Obama Calls for a Free and Open Internet by belorn on Monday November 10, 2014 @10:29AM (#8584020)
How do the peering different from how the power grid works? Isn't that system also made from private network owner, all needed to work collaborative in a common network?

Imagine a power grid where different sources paid different amounts for the last mile. Would it be right to deny the last mile to a new actor, say a new solar power plant, on the basis that its competing with existing coal power?

Re:President Obama Calls for a Free and Open Internet by diminoten on Monday November 10, 2014 @11:33AM (#8584488)
There aren't different "kinds" of electricity. Electricity you get anywhere is going to be exactly the same.

The Internet is completely different, and the whole point of peering is acknowledging that fact. Netflix and Comcast peer because Netflix has something Comcast can't get anywhere else.

The Internet isn't very much like a power grid at all, in fact. That's a terrible analogy.

Re:President Obama Calls for a Free and Open Internet by belorn on Monday November 10, 2014 @01:13PM (#8585155)
Where I live, I can buy solar power, water power, nuclear power or generic power. The utility providers support many upstream suppliers, and the source of electricity is the defining attribute. It is also dictate where the power bill is sent from.

Also, Netflix is not paying money to Comcast because Netflix has something Comcast can't get anywhere else. Netflix is paying comcast because otherwise comcast is refusing their user access to netflix.

Re:President Obama Calls for a Free and Open Internet by diminoten on Monday November 10, 2014 @01:27PM (#8585260)
Netflix is paying Comcast because Comcast has something Netflix can't get anywhere else.