[ NNSquad ] Re: CableLabs presentation on cable system ops and planning (12/09)

["Bob Frankston" <Bob19-0501@bobf.frankston.com>]

Thanks for this pointer. It matches the observations I made in
http://rmf.vc/?n=FiOSRealityCheck - an old line company viewing the world as
an extension of their old models rather than in native terms.  It's still
"RF distribution via Coax and Fiber". And it's still compression rather than
flexible encoding. The also list many "necessary" services such as email
which are not as all necessary. This reminds of the Telcos belief in the
need for IMS. They confuse applications with network level services.

It's another reminder of the institutional and structural barriers to
neutrality. And of the need for protocols that don't presume a provider.

    [ From a policy standpoint, the genesis of the problems is largely
      historical in nature.  When access providers (not just Internet
      access providers) attempt to later also become content
      providers, and insist that both aspects should be unregulated,
      these conflicts are not only expected, but pretty much
      inevitable (as in "Once Upon a Time" - Understanding Bandwidth
      Caps" - http://www.nnsquad.org/bandwidth-caps.html ).

        -- Lauren Weinstein
           NNSquad Moderator ]


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Subject: [ NNSquad ] CableLabs presentation on cable system ops and planning
(12/09)

 

 

CableLabs presentation on cable system ops and planning (12/09)

 

http://bit.ly/5b8jry  (OpenInternet.gov [pdf])

 

A couple of points of specific interest (not including the textual

color scheme on some pages that seems to create a visual "3D" effect

much more cheaply than James Cameron can manage):

 

1) Note the emphasis on how 20% of users ("top talkers") "consume" 80%

   of bandwidth.  What does this suggest in terms of how bandwidth/usage

   caps will be argued as justifiable?  And how does this relate to (2)?

 

2) Note that "IPTV" (full video delivery via TCP/IP) is the ultimate

   goal of the convergence chart.

 

Once most or all services are the "same" TCP/IP bits, the conflicts of

interest inherent in ISPs being both content providers and the access

paths to competing content will be all the more stark.

 

Happy Holidays, all!

 

--Lauren--

NNSquad Moderator