Net neutrality analogy: Post office trying to shake down some recipients of properly-paid mail for extra money, or they'll delay it.
Nov 15, 2014 · 7:47 AM UTC
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@davidbaron On the other side of the coin, fast lanes: pay extra for next-day delivery. PO analogy does not seem better enough to work.
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@jswalden The sender already chose what service to pay for and paid, they're trying to shake down the recipient.
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.@davidbaron Funny thing: the US Postal Service is a "common carrier" which is what FCC Title II regulates in telecomm. ISPs should be, too.
@davidbaron Not sure that translates well in the UK. Here we already have Special, First and Second class delivery. Is it different in CA?
@davidbaron @AustenAllred But doesn't NN also mean no 1st class or priority options for sender? I'm pro-NN, but your analogy made me wonder
@AustenAllred @davidbaron makes sense. so comcast could still gouge Netflix for decent bandwidth, as long as they gouge everyone else too?
@AustenAllred @davidbaron Ah, because Netflix isn't getting bandwidth from Comcast, but from something close to backbone. Got it. Thanks!
@davidbaron Good analogy, only that the shake down happens on both the recipient and the sending ends.
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@davidbaron As a non-English native I'm confused about the phrasal verb "shake down", and google gives a weird definition. Maybe "extort"?
@davidbaron for the PO analogy to work we would have to know that regular service did not slow down when premium service started.