Comments on: Games as a Business – How the Net Neutrality Ruling Could Affect Gamers https://thekoalition.com/2014/games-business-net-neutrality-ruling-affect-gamers Gaming, Entertainment & Tech Tue, 19 Aug 2014 01:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Chessnuts https://thekoalition.com/2014/games-business-net-neutrality-ruling-affect-gamers#comment-153459 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 10:44:00 +0000 http://thekoalition.com/?p=95934#comment-153459 Yes throttling is possible, but I believe the net neutrality laws also forbid ISPs attaching 1st or 3rd party services to their own servers to increase the speed – even if throttling of any alternative was never involved. So for things like Playstation Now or OnLive or any kind of remote operation where low latency is crucial, those services could be installed directly on the ISP’s servers so that the data has a far shorter trip.

But I really doubt ISPs will throttle services, or offer different packages for varying levels of access to the internet, unless they want to put themselves out of business when you look at the reaction to all this. Although in areas where people can only choose from 1 or 2 different ISPs, then they could be in trouble.

]]> By: David Jagneaux https://thekoalition.com/2014/games-business-net-neutrality-ruling-affect-gamers#comment-153457 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 06:59:00 +0000 http://thekoalition.com/?p=95934#comment-153457 In reply to Anonymous.

I truly hope you are wrong 🙁

]]> By: Anonymous https://thekoalition.com/2014/games-business-net-neutrality-ruling-affect-gamers#comment-153455 Sun, 19 Jan 2014 06:43:00 +0000 http://thekoalition.com/?p=95934#comment-153455 The Internet just became Cable TV.
This decision is apocalyptic.

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