Paid Prioritization Might Not Always Slow Non-Prioritized Traffic, Law Professor Says
Paid prioritization might not always slow non-prioritized traffic, and the FCC could run computer simulations to “determine to a high degree of accuracy the actual effects of prioritization on wide classes of traffic,” University of Nebraska assistant law professor Justin…
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Hurwitz told FCC Chief Technology Officer Scott Jordan Friday, said an ex parte filing posted Monday in docket 14-28. “There are many reasons that prioritization is not 'zero sum' -- indeed, there are circumstances under which prioritization of some traffic may improve the performance of all other traffic.”