OT: Net Nuetrality and the World Cup

[Bryan O'Neal]

Neither. This is not addressed by net neutrality. ESPN has the rite to
make private deals all they want. Net neutrality says that if NBC and
ESPN both offer you the ability to watch world cup and ESPN has the
"better" coverage for you but NBC gives cox a kick back then Cox can
not block or degrade your connectivity to the ESPN end point.

Think of it like a phone call. Net neutrality says that if your mom
lives in Atalanta and you live here then when you call your mom that
neither Quest nor Bell South can intentionally block or degrade the
service of the call. However it does not say your mom has to talk to
you. That is between you and your mom.

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Nathan England <nathan at paysonlinux.org> wrote:
>
> I have largely stayed out of the net neutrality debate as I don't really
> understand both sides.
> I do not have access to cable tv of any kind, but I have Cox for my internet
> access. When the Olympics were on I could not watch them online because I do
> not have a windows PC, so NBC was off limits. While other countries had the
> olympics broadcast online I could not figure out a way to watch them because
> I am in the US. However, if I used a public proxy in Mexico, which I feel
> more than fine doing since I live 2 miles from the border, I was able to
> watch the olympics on several internet sites.
> Now, I am trying to watch the World Cup. Yesterday, I was able to watch all
> day long the pre-game coverage and the concert through Cox and ESPN3. But
> today I cannot access the actual games. It seems if I go to ESPN3 I must be
> a member of a supporting company, which Cox is because the whole site says
> "Powered by Cox" yet Cox is not in the list of supported companies so I
> cannot watch it!
> However, by once again putting in my mexican proxy I go to the espn3 web
> site, click on the game I want to watch, and TA DA ! instantly pops up the
> game in all its flash glory.
> So what gives? Because World Cup is not a popular thing in the US I cannot
> watch it? I have this same problem with WRC as well.
> So what side of Net Neutrality should I be on, because this is totally
> wrong! A US citizen and I cannot watch the stinkin' game online because I
> live in the US? However any other country can access our american companies
> (espn) and access the game coverage? This should be illegal! Yet I am the
> one who would get in trouble if they found I was going through a proxy...
> Nathan
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