President Obama Calls for a Free and Open Internet

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.

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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.

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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.

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