Comment on Forget Net Neutrality; Comcast Might Break the Web by GD Boy

This is about more than a battle between Content Distribution Networks (CDN's) and Internet Service Providers (ISP's). The day is coming when video customers will abandon old-fashioned video services like cable companies. Comcast is preparing for this day by trying to change the precedent from what was once unlimited internet service to tiered, usage-based service. Comcast also wants to triple-dip and charge end-users, content providers AND CDN's for the extra bandwidth required to deliver video, to makeup for lost business when video services are delivered via other providers — partially using Comcast's bandwidth. I don't begrudge Comcast receiving a fair fee. But Comcast has overcharged video and Internet customers for years while delivering poor service and cheating customers on bandwidth. The company is fundamentally dishonest and cannot be trusted to manage our digital infrastructure. Congress simply MUST step in and separate the information highways from the content providers.

Comment on Forget Net Neutrality; Comcast Might Break the Web by GD Boy

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