[ NNSquad ] Verizon: "We're not capping bandwidth"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

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From: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
To: "ip" <ip@v2.listbox.com>
Subject: [IP] Verizon: We're Not Capping Bandwidth
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:25:45 -0400



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From: <c.l.hoewing@verizon.com>
Date: September 24, 2008 3:30:54 PM EDT
To: <dave@farber.net>, <lauren@vortex.com>, <isen@isen.com>
Subject: Verizon: We're Not Capping Bandwidth


We can=92t say never to caps since we can=92t foretell the future but we=20=
=20
don=92t feel the need to implement them given our network=92s capacity.=20=
=20=20=20
Doug Pasko, a Verizon engineer, made this point yesterday.  We do=20=20
believe our network offers a better experience and we have capacity to=20=
=20
offer more.

LINK

Link Hoewing
Vice President
Internet and Technology Policy
Verizon
1300 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-515-2420

Verizon: We=92re Not Capping Bandwidth


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For broadband providers, imposing bandwidth caps is all the rage, with=20=
=20
Comcast leading the charge. On the opposite end of the spectrum is=20=20
Verizon, which has now gone on the record to say that they won=92t be=20=20
implementing bandwidth caps any time soon.

Doug Pasko, Verizon senior technologist broke the news to a crowd=20=20
during a panel I moderated at Streaming Media West. I talked with=20=20
Pasko afterwords to get more. =93Right now there is no choking, no=20=20
throttling and we have no plans to do so,=94 said Pasko. The company=20=20
isn=92t capping heavy users or singling out any technology like P2P.

Pasko said the delivery of online video =93was a huge component=94=20=20
Verizon=92s decision to roll out fiber to 18 million homes over a seven=20=
=20
year period (next year will be year six). But Verizon isn=92t worried=20=20
about Internet video delivery overtaking traditional video=20=20
distribution. =93People made huge investments in their televisions,=94=20=
=20
said Pasko, =93They want really high quality.=94 Plus, Pasko added,=20=20
Internet delivery of video on that scale is so far down the road, so=20=20
who knows what technology will be around then.

Verizon offers a 10 MB connection on the low-end, up to 100 MB in some=20=
=20
areas, and Pasko hasn=92t seen anyone abusing the system to the point=20=20
that would warrant any kind of intervention. Of course, there is=20=20
always a caveat, Pasko said Verizon will never say never to bandwidth=20=20
caps, but for now, the company has definitively said it won=92t do them.






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