new thread: QoS, latency, bandwidth and the FCC/net neutrality debate

Sat Nov 25 14:59:40 MST 2017

Eric,

This seems to be a reasonable alternative than what is being proposed by Net Neutrality. Saying to ISPs do not block competing content is more realistic than do not throttle. 

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> On Nov 25, 2017, at 2:45 PM, Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> well, considering that the top multinational multimedia cartels own 90% of the news information outlets these days, that situation is already happening.  what we need is a specified statement like this:
> all internet services providers are required to allow competing content to cross to the end user without censorship  (that is, they cannot block it). However, they might be allowed to charge a "reasonable fee" to allow it through. 
> 
> now, the question becomes, who bears the cost of that fee? the content provider, the ISP or the end user? and yes, double dipping would definitely not be allowed.
> 
> now, the old tape cassette fee model worked good for years. the content providers got a small percentage on each cassette sold and users got to tape their favorite songs. why not the same thing here: charge a small percentage (like 1%) to the end user on a monthly basis to be paid into a general fund for all content providers? that 1% is small considering individual users, but adds up fast when you consider the number of customers each ISP/broadband provider has. in my case, that would be about 80 cents on my cable bill. doesn't seem like a lot, doesn't it?
> 
> -eric
> from the central offices of the Technomage Guild, Think tank operations Dept.
> 
>> On Nov 25, 2017, at 9:29 AM, Michael Butash wrote:
>> 
>> Most network devices these days, including wireless, firewalls, as well as you standard routers and switches tend to do layer 4 and up application inspection, primarily for creating policies like "limit youtube|netflix to 1mbps", "block peer to peer traffic", and "limit google to safe search only" that muck with your content when at work, school, anywhere you have an network admin like Herminio or I trying to keep users from doing things to break the network, or at least them all at once doing so.
>> 
>> Early on, Netflix and Youtube grew to be behemoth network hogs for providers, so rather than let storming elephants trample the village, they would "queue" that traffic so it wouldn't overrun more important things, like normal web browsing and more perceptible use cases (still likely do).  As Stephen said, they eventually got smarter, or Netflix did, to peer directly with the mega providers, and put local content distribution nodes directly into them on 100gb switches so they didn't have to slaughter your traffic (and take the bad press eventually in being the internet cop ala comcast).
>> 
>> Is this really what the net neutrality debate is about anymore?  No, politicians don't care about internet speeds, it's really about media consolidation occurring that you will be pretty much left with att, comcast, and news corp for all television, internet, phone, and news in general.  What could go wrong, other than enabling maniacal billionaires to buy their way into the white house.
>> 
>> -mb
>> 
>> 
>>> On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 1:16 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. <herminio.hernandezjr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> They are very related Network QoS exists because there are limits in how much networking gear transmits packets and frames. There is a lot more to it than just writing the policy. There is a cost to engineer that out. 
>>> 
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>>>> On Nov 24, 2017, at 12:59 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> It is not that simple in my mind. Network QoS is very different then the possibility of the customers pay extra for additional services. 
>>>> 
>>>> Besides Netflix has cache devices that can and are frequently in local is Datacenters to alleviate latency and Bw issues. 
>>>> 
>>>> And given the current fcc chairs attitude I am really skeptical. 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 24, 2017 12:31 PM, "Herminio Hernandez, Jr." <herminio.hernandezjr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I will start with some thoughts on why I find the NN debate troubling. First there is a technical misunderstanding. NN is built on the idea that ISPs should treat all traffic equally. This concept is simply unrealistic. Bandwidth is a limited resource there is only so much data that a Ethernet port can transmit and receive. Also things like MTU size, latency, jitter all impact the reliable transmission of data which bring me to my other point. Not all traffic is the same. There are night and day differences between TCP and UDP traffic. For example UDP (which is what most voice and video is) is faster than TCP. The drawback to this is that UDP does not have the recovery features that TCP has in case of packet loss (ie sequence number and acknowledgment packets). There UDP applications are more prone to suffer when latency is high or links get saturated. To overcome this network engineer implement prioritization and traffic shaping to ensure these services are not impacted. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> As more content is consumed such as 4K video on the internet, the need for traffic shaping will only increase. Netflix already has the ability to push 100Gbps from their servers. That is a ton of data that needs to be prioritized by ISPs. This is not free there are serious costs involved in man hours and infrastructure. Someone needs to bear that cost. This is why I am not opposed to fast lanes. If Netflix is going to have ISPs ensure all of the massive amounts to data are push is delivered efficiently, then the ISPs should be free to charge a premium for this service. Netflix does not want to bear this cost, hense their support for Net Neutrality. They want the ISPs to bear the cost, but then result of that is we bear the cost via data caps. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> When you strip away all the slogans it all comes down to money and control. Data will be traffic shaped it is just who decides how unelected government bureaucrats pushing some public policy or market forces.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Something else to consider a lot not all but a lot of the very same people who cry that the end of Net Neutrality will be end of free speech (no more free and open internet) have no issue saying Twiiter, Facebook, and Google (since they are 'private companies') have the right demonetize, obscure, or even ban individuals who express ideas that other deem "offensive". How is that promoting a "Free and Open Internet"?
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com> wrote:
>>>>>> well, as someone else suggested, a new thread.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> so, shall we start the discussion?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ok, as mentioned, bandwidth is a limited resource. the question is How limited?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Then there is the question: can an ISP curtail certain types of traffic (null route it, delay it, other bandwidth shaping routines)? How far can they go?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> What really is net neutrality?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> lastly, what part does the FCC play, or should they?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> so, any thoughts on the above questions?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -eric
>>>>>> from the central offices of the Technomage Guild, you got questions, we got answers Dept.
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