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[News] Freedom of Use Encourages and Elevates Quality

Study: Net neutrality law would spur infrastructure improvements

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| One of the main arguments opponents of network neutrality make is
| that laws requiring ISPs to treat all traffic equally would
| discourage infrastructure investment on the part of those who own
| the pipes. A new study conducted by researchers at the University 
| of Florida undercuts those claims.
| 
| Researchers at the school used game theory to come up with an
| analytical model for a world without net neutrality. The study
| argued that the killing net neutrality would result in fewer
| infrastructure investments and service upgrades rather than
| more. Even worse, ISPs that require content providers to pay
| for preferential access on their networks run the risk of losing
| customers whose favorite sites aren't on the preferred list. 
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070311-study-net-neutrality-law-would-spur-service-improvements.html
http://tinyurl.com/36ej68

This parallels Free software in the sense that limitation and lockin give the
vendor no incentive to improve. Just look at the sorry state of Internet
Explorer 6, which turned the Web experience into a nightmare while offering
no further development for 5+ years.

This should be demand-driven, not capacity-driven, where capacity is
artificially limited, with imposed barriers.

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