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Every Time You Vote Against Net Neutrality, Your ISP Kills a Night Elf

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the legislation-from-smoking-a-series-of-pipes dept.

Perhaps one of the more overlooked problems that could arise out of a bad Net Neutrality decision is the impact to online gaming. In fact, any interactive communications could stand to take a dive (VOIP, streaming video, etc) with the advent of Net Neutrality legislation. RampRate has an interesting look at the possible fallout and where we are headed. From the article: "What will be murdered with no fallback or replacement is the nascent market of interactive entertainment - particularly online gaming. Companies like Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Sony Online Entertainment, and countless others, have built a business on the fundamental assumption of relatively low latency bandwidth being available to large numbers of consumers. Furthermore, a large -- even overwhelming -- portion of the value of these offerings comes from their 'network effects' -- the tendency for the game to become more enjoyable and valuable as larger number of players joins the gaming network."

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  1. It's all in the titles by robyannetta · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This gets my vote for the most catchy title since Fark's 'ceiling cat' incident.

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    - Just my $0.02, take with a grain of salt, your mileage may vary.
  2. Re:It's all in the post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The post says it all : if they built a business out of it, they have to pay for it.

    Yeah, because Blizzard gets a free OC48 pipe, just for being such a good customer.

    Fucking idiot.

  3. Re:It's all in the post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Where's this guy's +1 Insightful...seriously.

    Why do people think individuals are the only ones paying for internet access? Just because you don't see Blizzard's bill from AT&T doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

    Blizzard already pays for bandwidth. Google already pays for bandwidth. Amazon already pays for bandwidth. TelCos just want a legal reason to extort more out of them cause they need another gold swimming pool.

    Fully agree. Fucking idiot.