A Different Twist on Network Neutrality
The first session of Video on the Net brought up a different twist on the Network Neutrality debate: when are content creators or video hosting services going to start knocking up infrastructure companies for revenue?
But wait a minute, aren't infrastructure companies trying to get more money out of video hosting services by legislating away network neutrality? Yes.
Here's the logic:
If it wasn't for content creators creating rich media content and video delivery sites serving it up to millions, there wouldn't be a need for so many broadband Internet connections into the home.
That kinda makes sense. If I only used the web for email, I could probably get away with just dial-up.
Other highlight: Erick Hachenburg, CEO of MetaCafe, explained that online video will be moving to more of a programming environment that allows people to find consistently great content.
Ad the money question: advertisers follow audiences . . . eventually.
1. Posted by: Merijn on March 19, 2007 2:29 PM:
Actually, separate QoS for premium content only makes sense if the network infrastructure is limited. If everything is 1gigabit, there's no noticeable difference to me as a consumer. The whole point of QoS is to make movies download faster, and the rest slower.
Merijn