David Linthicum at InfoWorld writes an interesting article on net neutrality and its potential effects on cloud computing.
The concept of allowing specific networks, especially wireless networks, to restrict or prioritize some traffic is a huge threat to the success of cloud computing. If provider networks are allowed to control traffic, they could give priority to the larger cloud computing vendors who write them a big check for the privilege. At the same time, smaller cloud computing upstarts who can't afford the fee will have access to their offerings slowed noticeably, or perhaps not even allowed on the network at all.
While I do not necessarily with his conclusion, as I believe it is vitally important for mobile operators to protect and, if needed, prioritize the limited resources that mobile bandwidth is, I agree that traffic prioritizing must be monitored carefully - as users should be informed about the type of services that are given any type of prioritization.
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