Comments on: Net neutrality campaigners have got it wrong.. http://www.m-i-x.com/net-neutrality-campaigners-have-got-it-wrong Marketing, Technology, PR, Innovation & cool Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:25:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hermes http://www.m-i-x.com/net-neutrality-campaigners-have-got-it-wrong/comment-page-1#comment-7 Hermes Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:34:00 +0000 http://www.m-i-x.com/?p=31#comment-7 Spot on - the wailers and moaners want their cake and to eat it too. If the BBC aren't going to pay for increased traffic caused by the iPlayer who is? It's not as if the ISPs are charities after all. In the end the consumer will directly fork out the cost if content deals for traffic prioritisation don't pick up the slack, and much as the wailers would tell you the huge majority of consumers would quite happily have them subsidise their connection if the choice was an extra £5 per month on top of their broadband subscription. H Spot on – the wailers and moaners want their cake and to eat it too. If the BBC aren’t going to pay for increased traffic caused by the iPlayer who is? It’s not as if the ISPs are charities after all.

In the end the consumer will directly fork out the cost if content deals for traffic prioritisation don’t pick up the slack, and much as the wailers would tell you the huge majority of consumers would quite happily have them subsidise their connection if the choice was an extra £5 per month on top of their broadband subscription.

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