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“We are relying on the neighborly nature of lots of ISPs working together, and that’s certainly not the way most people are.”

No, we are relying on competing businesses in a regulated industry to provide the best QoS, thereby attracting the most customers and having the highest revenue. The profit motive pits these comanies into competition in an industry that is regulated by the FCC. Read up on the 1996 Telecommunications Act – the government requires ILECs – Incumbent Local Exhcange Carriers – to provide bandwidth at-cost to CLECs, or Competitive Local Exchange Carriers. They can’t just shut them down willy-nilly; the fines would make such a move economically infeasible. Not to mention the amounto fo dark fiber AT&T put in the ground in the early 90′s which has been lying fallow – as the demand for bandwidth ramps up, more of it will go active and AT&T will see a monetary return, regardless of who they’re selling that bandwidth to.

[citation needed]

“We are relying on the neighborly nature of lots of ISPs working together, and that’s certainly not the way most people are.”

No, we are relying on competing businesses in a regulated industry to provide the best QoS, thereby attracting the most customers and having the highest revenue. The profit motive pits these comanies into competition in an industry that is regulated by the FCC. Read up on the 1996 Telecommunications Act – the government requires ILECs – Incumbent Local Exhcange Carriers – to provide bandwidth at-cost to CLECs, or Competitive Local Exchange Carriers. They can’t just shut them down willy-nilly; the fines would make such a move economically infeasible. Not to mention the amounto fo dark fiber AT&T put in the ground in the early 90′s which has been lying fallow – as the demand for bandwidth ramps up, more of it will go active and AT&T will see a monetary return, regardless of who they’re selling that bandwidth to.

[citation needed]

“We are relying on the neighborly nature of lots of ISPs working together, and that’s certainly not the way most people are.”

No, we are relying on competing businesses in a regulated industry to provide the best QoS, thereby attracting the most customers and having the highest revenue. The profit motive pits these comanies into competition in an industry that is regulated by the FCC. Read up on the 1996 Telecommunications Act – the government requires ILECs – Incumbent Local Exhcange Carriers – to provide bandwidth at-cost to CLECs, or Competitive Local Exchange Carriers. They can’t just shut them down willy-nilly; the fines would make such a move economically infeasible. Not to mention the amounto fo dark fiber AT&T put in the ground in the early 90′s which has been lying fallow – as the demand for bandwidth ramps up, more of it will go active and AT&T will see a monetary return, regardless of who they’re selling that bandwidth to.

Actually, no. The amount of bandwidth this would require would shut down local cell networks, and the cost of that bandwidth would render such a program economically infeasible. There’s also Apple’s contract with AT&T Mobility to consider; Apple does not provide any of this bandwidth, and shares the airspace with other devices/carriers/etc.

You know, since we’re talking about money and all.

Actually, no. The amount of bandwidth this would require would shut down local cell networks, and the cost of that bandwidth would render such a program economically infeasible. There’s also Apple’s contract with AT&T Mobility to consider; Apple does not provide any of this bandwidth, and shares the airspace with other devices/carriers/etc.

You know, since we’re talking about money and all.