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BitTorrent CEO On Net Neutrality

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-way-he's-biased dept.

angry tapir writes "According to BitTorrent CEO Eric Klinker, the Internet industry has to regulate itself by responding to consumer demands in the wake of the recent US federal court ruling that the Federal Communications Commission didn't have authority to enforce its net neutrality rules."

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  1. I know everyone is against the FCC and all... by Pojut · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...but unless you work for, are paid by, or represent an ISP, how can you support allowing ISPs to give preferential (or detrimental) treatment to different types of Internet traffic?

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    1. Re:I know everyone is against the FCC and all... by Moryath · · Score: 5, Insightful

      No shit.

      The problem right now is PEOPLE HAVE NO CHOICE in their ISP.

      Or rather, the "choice" is between No ISP, Shitty company A, and if you're REALLY lucky, perhaps Shitty Company B.

      My area is an urban area. I'm "lucky" to have cable and DSL competing. Or really not, because it's Comrape and A-Titty-Twister "competing" with each other, which is to say, not competing at all.

      We can complain all day long, but we as consumers are fucked, because 90% or better of Americans live in an area where the only ISP has a monopoly, and the other 10% have a duopoly at best if they are lucky. And apparently, nothing short of an act of Congress (and I shudder since Obama and the rest of the Senators/"Representatives" are pretty much bought-off scumbags who don't represent us at all) will fix it.

    2. Re:I know everyone is against the FCC and all... by Pojut · · Score: 5, Insightful

      On the Internet though, your neighbor can easily run a "factory" by simply seeding a bunch of torrents like an asshole, using all the bandwidth.

      Or by watching cats all day on Youtube...or by watching TV episodes on Hulu all day, or streaming movies through Netflix all day, or any other number of bandwith-intensive activities.

      Torrent users are being targeted because they are the easiest ones to go after...what about the stay at home mom who streams Netflix and Hulu 8 hours a day, or the patent examiner who works from home and is constantly streaming c-span reruns to help with their research?

      There are a lot of high bandwith uses for the Internet that don't involve piracy or torrents...so why is it only torrents are being targeted?

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  2. Re:Self Regulate? by AnonymousClown · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Doesn't "self regulation" usually result in services and pricing that always benefit the industry at the expense of the consumer?

    No, no, no. Here are some examples where it has worked:

    1. there's the ummmm
    2. and the ummmm
    3. and ....

    Never mind.

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