http://techliberation.com/2006/12/31/att-agrees-to-neutrality-regulations-temporarily/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/31/att-agrees-to-neutrality-regulations-temporarily/comment-page-1/#comment-36575 Jon Healey Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:55:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/31/att-agrees-to-neutrality-regulations-temporarily/#comment-36575 <p>Two points, in reverse order: Two years = one Congress. This is about giving lawmakers time to adopt industry-wide rules, as opposed to singling out one network operator. As for the distinction between AT&T's new TV service and the rest of its offerings, look at it from the standpoint of the consumer. If you're buying Internet access service, you're buying a pipe that doesn't prioritize -- it's the status quo ante merger. If you're buying AT&T's video service, you're getting something that plays by different rules, but that's what you expect. After all, this is EXACTLY what cable does. One wire carries prioritized traffic (video channels) and non-prioritized traffic (cable-modem data). The difference is the frequency at which the traffic is transmitted.</p> Two points, in reverse order: Two years = one Congress. This is about giving lawmakers time to adopt industry-wide rules, as opposed to singling out one network operator. As for the distinction between AT&T’s new TV service and the rest of its offerings, look at it from the standpoint of the consumer. If you’re buying Internet access service, you’re buying a pipe that doesn’t prioritize — it’s the status quo ante merger. If you’re buying AT&T’s video service, you’re getting something that plays by different rules, but that’s what you expect. After all, this is EXACTLY what cable does. One wire carries prioritized traffic (video channels) and non-prioritized traffic (cable-modem data). The difference is the frequency at which the traffic is transmitted.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2006/12/31/att-agrees-to-neutrality-regulations-temporarily/comment-page-1/#comment-55806 Jon Healey Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:55:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/12/31/att-agrees-to-neutrality-regulations-temporarily/#comment-55806 <p>Two points, in reverse order:<br>Two years = one Congress. This is about giving lawmakers time to adopt industry-wide rules, as opposed to singling out one network operator.<br>As for the distinction between AT&T;'s new TV service and the rest of its offerings, look at it from the standpoint of the consumer. If you're buying Internet access service, you're buying a pipe that doesn't prioritize -- it's the status quo ante merger. If you're buying AT&T;'s video service, you're getting something that plays by different rules, but that's what you expect. After all, this is EXACTLY what cable does. One wire carries prioritized traffic (video channels) and non-prioritized traffic (cable-modem data). The difference is the frequency at which the traffic is transmitted.</p> Two points, in reverse order:
Two years = one Congress. This is about giving lawmakers time to adopt industry-wide rules, as opposed to singling out one network operator.
As for the distinction between AT&T;’s new TV service and the rest of its offerings, look at it from the standpoint of the consumer. If you’re buying Internet access service, you’re buying a pipe that doesn’t prioritize — it’s the status quo ante merger. If you’re buying AT&T;’s video service, you’re getting something that plays by different rules, but that’s what you expect. After all, this is EXACTLY what cable does. One wire carries prioritized traffic (video channels) and non-prioritized traffic (cable-modem data). The difference is the frequency at which the traffic is transmitted.

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