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June 2nd, 2008, 01:50 PM
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Bell Canada's head of regulatory affairs (aka lobbyist and spin doctor) Mirko Bibic tells the CBC (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/05/30/tech-qandabibic.html) the recent protests (http://www.pokecommunity.com/shownews/94769) against large internet service providers have been fueled by "misinformation from people who don't run networks." I'd consider that strange, considering the protest originated among the independent ISPs Bell Canada screwed over (http://www.pokecommunity.com/shownews/92973) by Bell's decision to throttle wholesale access without telling them. Bibic goes on to masterfully spin his way around the claim that throttling P2P impacts legit competitors of their new video service (http://www.pokecommunity.com/shownews/94649).The Bell video service, the content that we will be distributing, isn't using peer to peer. Peer to peer is by design a high-bandwidth use application. What we're using here is content-distribution network technology and we think you'll find others, as they enter this space, will likely use this technology as well.
In other words, Bibic apparently believes that P2P is not a content-distribution network technology. Bibic then trots out the always loved highway metaphor to justify Bell's position that pissing off customers is cheaper than actually upgrading their network.We'll have to be realistic here and the answer lies in building, in managing the network, in pricing plans as well, and it's not unlike congestion on a highway. If you have a two-lane highway and you have congestion at rush hour, you're not going to build 20 lanes because those 18 other lanes just won't be needed during non-rush periods. So what do you do? You build a couple of extra lanes for one, you expand the infrastructure. As well, you do things like have bus lanes that allow buses, taxis and cars with more than three passengers to travel on them so that they get faster service than if you choose to drive your Escalade and you're alone on the highway.
Yes, why annoy your impatient and myopic investors and build more lanes when you can force customers to carpool in a beaten up 1961 Chevy Corvair! I love policy guys and lobbyists. Their ability to bend the fabric of time space and logic makes them true shamans of the modern age.
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Bell Canada's head of regulatory affairs (aka lobbyist and spin doctor) Mirko Bibic tells the CBC (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/05/30/tech-qandabibic.html) the recent protests (http://www.pokecommunity.com/shownews/94769) against large internet service providers have been fueled by "misinformation from people who don't run networks." I'd consider that strange, considering the protest originated among the independent ISPs Bell Canada screwed over (http://www.pokecommunity.com/shownews/92973) by Bell's decision to throttle wholesale access without telling them. Bibic goes on to masterfully spin his way around the claim that throttling P2P impacts legit competitors of their new video service (http://www.pokecommunity.com/shownews/94649).The Bell video service, the content that we will be distributing, isn't using peer to peer. Peer to peer is by design a high-bandwidth use application. What we're using here is content-distribution network technology and we think you'll find others, as they enter this space, will likely use this technology as well.
In other words, Bibic apparently believes that P2P is not a content-distribution network technology. Bibic then trots out the always loved highway metaphor to justify Bell's position that pissing off customers is cheaper than actually upgrading their network.We'll have to be realistic here and the answer lies in building, in managing the network, in pricing plans as well, and it's not unlike congestion on a highway. If you have a two-lane highway and you have congestion at rush hour, you're not going to build 20 lanes because those 18 other lanes just won't be needed during non-rush periods. So what do you do? You build a couple of extra lanes for one, you expand the infrastructure. As well, you do things like have bus lanes that allow buses, taxis and cars with more than three passengers to travel on them so that they get faster service than if you choose to drive your Escalade and you're alone on the highway.
Yes, why annoy your impatient and myopic investors and build more lanes when you can force customers to carpool in a beaten up 1961 Chevy Corvair! I love policy guys and lobbyists. Their ability to bend the fabric of time space and logic makes them true shamans of the modern age.
read comment(s) (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Bell-Canada-Fires-Up-The-Spin-Doctors-94924)
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