http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/12/31/the-battle-over-net-neutrality/ Thoughts on Startups, Entrepreneurs and the Web Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/12/31/the-battle-over-net-neutrality/comment-page-1/#comment-901 Anonymous Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:44:51 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1198#comment-901 The discussion on network neutrality goes a bit deeper (see <a href="http://telcom2935.blogspot.com/2005/12/internet-is-broken.html#links" rel="nofollow">this</a>, for example). I am intrigued with the report from Korea (in the BW article) ... what has been notably absent from the discussion on network neutrality has been effects from user demand. SBC-cum-AT&T may change their policies quickly when nobody buys. Pricing policies have made a huge difference in the past ... just look at the impact of AT&T Wireless's pioneering "one rate", and the impact of pricing policies on dialup services in the 1990s. The discussion on network neutrality goes a bit deeper (see this, for example).
I am intrigued with the report from Korea (in the BW article) … what has been notably absent from the discussion on network neutrality has been effects from user demand. SBC-cum-AT&T may change their policies quickly when nobody buys. Pricing policies have made a huge difference in the past … just look at the impact of AT&T Wireless's pioneering “one rate”, and the impact of pricing policies on dialup services in the 1990s.

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/12/31/the-battle-over-net-neutrality/comment-page-1/#comment-900 Anonymous Tue, 03 Jan 2006 22:29:57 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1198#comment-900 Seems to me this is pretty creative way to receive new revenue. Demand a piece of the action that runs "through" them. They are a pipe. They know something is happening but they don't know what it is. Demand a cut. Call it protection. Seems to me this is pretty creative way to receive new revenue. Demand a piece of the action that runs “through” them. They are a pipe. They know something is happening but they don't know what it is. Demand a cut.
Call it protection.

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/12/31/the-battle-over-net-neutrality/comment-page-1/#comment-899 Jim Courtney Sat, 31 Dec 2005 18:21:34 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1198#comment-899 Doesn't this sound like the newsprint and ink suppliers demanding "Tolls" from newspaper publishers for the stories being printed on their paper with their ink? When will the telcos be led by true business executives who realize that content is not their game any more than music content is part of the game for consumer electronics vendors? Fifteen to tweny years ago Novell got out of the hardware business and 3Com got out of the software business for a reason. While not the greatest of success stories it has at least allowed them to survive in a very dynamic business environment. Change is sometimes gut wrenching but deal with it! As both an engineer and a former technology business executive with lots of strategy experience, maybe I am naive but from my viewpoint this net neutrality allows the telcos to focus their business on profitably supplying high quality access while the while the content suppliers can focus on providing content that appeals to an appropriate target audience. Maybe if they looked deeper at their balance sheets they will find that the financial dynamics associated with providing access vs supplying content is an oil and water combination. (I once did a business case study on a housing contractor in Calgary getting into the oil business -- just about killed them due to the very different financial resource requirements.) Welcome, Ed and William, to free enterprise! It really means figure out your real business or die. This scenario does point out that the only place for regulation is "last mile provision" in order to ensure fair pricing and access for consumers. Let me know when NP starts paying toll charges to the newsprint and ink suppliers. Doesn't this sound like the newsprint and ink suppliers demanding “Tolls” from newspaper publishers for the stories being printed on their paper with their ink? When will the telcos be led by true business executives who realize that content is not their game any more than music content is part of the game for consumer electronics vendors? Fifteen to tweny years ago Novell got out of the hardware business and 3Com got out of the software business for a reason. While not the greatest of success stories it has at least allowed them to survive in a very dynamic business environment. Change is sometimes gut wrenching but deal with it!
As both an engineer and a former technology business executive with lots of strategy experience, maybe I am naive but from my viewpoint this net neutrality allows the telcos to focus their business on profitably supplying high quality access while the while the content suppliers can focus on providing content that appeals to an appropriate target audience. Maybe if they looked deeper at their balance sheets they will find that the financial dynamics associated with providing access vs supplying content is an oil and water combination. (I once did a business case study on a housing contractor in Calgary getting into the oil business — just about killed them due to the very different financial resource requirements.)
Welcome, Ed and William, to free enterprise! It really means figure out your real business or die. This scenario does point out that the only place for regulation is “last mile provision” in order to ensure fair pricing and access for consumers.
Let me know when NP starts paying toll charges to the newsprint and ink suppliers.

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