Friday, May 23, 2014
The Broken Internet
Recently, the FCC passed laws that are supposedly protecting the open internet. Well here is the rundown of what really happened and how it could affect web development. The truth is there are only so many lanes of highway (without laying new highway) and everything travels at the same speed (the speed of light). The FCC rules just passed allow cable companies to reserve lanes on the highway for billionaires, forcing the rest of us to use the remaining lanes. Now, your highway goes from a 12-lane superhighway to six-lane highway. During rush hour you will be stuck barely moving while wealthy people will be humming along at 70mph to their destination. This means that services like Netflix will increase their prices. The FCC is asking for public input on how they should change the rules.
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In order to avoid the changes that it would bring to web and mobile application development, there can only be a certain amount of lanes that are reserved.
ReplyDeleteWeb development is looking like the mobile sites. It can get really irritating on a laptop tough.
ReplyDeleteMany business applications and content management systems use the internet to stay on track. Will they be affected?
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