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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Net Neutrality Solution

Well the old adage goes, if you can't beat them, join them. Comcast seems to have recognized that the best way to resolve net neutrality issues is to work in partnership with BitTorrent to find a solution to the issue of bandwidth hogging.

Will this new partnership curtail the FCC efforts to resolve net neutrality claims; probably not in the short run. But if a technological solution can be found, it may delay action to allow a business approach to run, as opposed to a legislative one. It reminds me of the day multiple files were zipped into smaller packets for easier emailing. Clearly those that understand bits and bytes are looking to that type of quantum change to reduce the size of the files so they are easier to transport.

Bandwidth continues to be the ultimate issue and efficiencies of the infrastructure is needed. We are moving away from hardware storage of content. CD and DVD sales are declining. Audio files are small compared to video files. And as more people move toward downloading large video files, bandwidth issues will become more challenging. Mobility of content is key; holding data on ipods and other portable devices is far easier to carry than cases of cds and dvds. It is the natural evolution of the product.

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