G+_Jordan Tristan Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Lately it seems that TWiT has turned into "This week in comcast". Like many listeners I'm not even based in the US so this issue is of little importance to me. Anybody else think that TWiT should be less US centric in its coverage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Phillip “Molly” Malone Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I think it's a big issue. I also an not in the US and so don't fully understand the competition landscape. Some of the things that Leob suggest would be bad (like not counting usage to certain sites/services) happens here and it makes for interesting competition point but we have competition. As long as Leo always mentions his slight conflict of interest (which he does). Jmtc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Feiris Wheel (Pat) Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Unfortunately, it is hard to focus on issues you have no knowledge about (like those in another country) when you have no way of getting that information. Jeff Jarvis does a good job of talking about some European topics, but again he is based in the USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jeff Stevens Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 70% of listeners are in the US though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Aaron Huber Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I don't think they need to seek out topics specific to other countries - but there is a balance in choosing topics that are relevant to all (in the developed world at least). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_mike moller Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 With the way corporate America is busy trying to impose its unsubtle practices on the rest of the world through secret diplomatic negotiations like the TPPA its a good thing Twit does cover this sort of sorry behavior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Doc Funkinstein Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 As this could directly affect his company I see why talks about so much. In a sense to rally the troops here stateside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I understand why our international audience would get tired of a US-centric view of tech... but the Comcast/Net Neutrality story is NOT a regional story. If the FCC has their way, it would fundamentally change the way peering is done between networks. Network providers, especially the ones with a vested interest in keeping you on THEIR networks (NBC/Comcast) would now have free reign to break the free-flow of traffic across their network interconnects. In other words... the Internet would stop being the Internet and devolve into dozen of AOL-like "walled gardens". Now you may say, "but I'm not in the US... so why do I care?", but how many of the services that you access on the Internet are located in the US? How many of the apps that you enjoy on your phone are HQ'd in the states? How much of your data in the cloud passes through links that currently run though the fiber or copper of a US carrier? What products that you enjoy were birthed on an Internet that DIDN'T discriminate against the little guy? Going beyond that, what do you think is going to happen to international ISPs once they have to start navigating a maze of additional fees and ISP-specific arrangements to give you the "full" internet? Quite simply... the current peering policy is what allows the Internet to exist. Break it... and we no longer have the Internet. This isn't just a US story. Peace, Padre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_mike moller Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ you are spot on with this padre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Aaron Huber Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Thanks for this insight. I hadn't thought about the issue in that light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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