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Originally Posted by Undertoad
Comcast's ability to provide IP services to its customers also depends on its providers interest in providing IP services to Comcast. And everyone in the world's interest in connecting to Comcast customers. Comcast slows Skype? At that point Skype blocks Comcast, and guess who loses then?
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Who?
No, really, who?
Your points about the two-ended nature of things are very well taken--and are exactly the reason AT&T's garbage is doomed to failure as long as everybody displays some testicular fortitude.
But what you're saying is that in your scenario Skype users would skip Comcast and use a different provider. But that only happens if there's another broadband provider there waiting to sign up Comcast's disgruntled customers, and in a lot of areas there isn't.