<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Kyle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dontwantspam1@earthlink.net">dontwantspam1@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><blockquote style="padding-left:5px;margin-left:0px;border-left:#0000ff 2px solid"><div class="im">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Bob Kline <u></u>
<br></div><div class="im">Sent: Sep 23, 2011 2:40 PM
<br>To: "Mailing List for LUG in greater Grand Rapids, MI area." <u></u>
<br>Subject: Re: [GRLUG] NOT LINUX - net neutrality
<br><br></div><div class="im">To constrain the conversation<div>a little bit, I'd be talking about</div><div>home service here. Others might</div><div>be talking about their place of work,</div><div>where the cost picture can be yet</div>
<div>different.</div>
</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"> [snip]</div></div>
<u></u><u></u></blockquote><u></u><u></u><div><u></u><u></u><br><u></u><u></u></div><div><br></div><u></u><u></u><div><u></u><u></u>If the point of network neutrality is that all traffic is treated equally, what difference should home vs. business use make?<u></u><u></u></div>
<div><u></u><u></u><br><u></u><u></u></div><font color="#888888"><div><u></u><u></u>- Kyle<u></u><u></u></div></font><div class="im"> </div></div></blockquote><div>I was making the point that </div><div>what's an acceptable price for</div>
<div>a business and what's acceptable</div><div>for a home user might be very </div><div>different things. And the decision</div><div>making process might be different.</div><div><br></div><div>I'd even guess that business ISP</div>
<div>services are separate businesses.</div><div>You pay more, expect different kinds</div><div>of up time, higher priority during busy</div><div>times of the day, etc. How much</div><div>an outfit like Comcast might tinker</div>
<div>with the data in that context on could</div><div>ask them. I did inquire several months</div><div>ago about a business service, and it</div><div>was spelled out that one does get</div><div>better treatment in general - like </div>
<div>business class on a plane. </div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div> </div></div>
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