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Pierre

Caching vs net neutrality? 

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Since when caching and net neutrality are antagonist things? They want to use the ISPs as mirrors, and are prepared to pay the price for the server space used. Good on them, it will prevent the lolcats addicts from clogging my intertubes. It won't change the priority of some packets to the detriment of others, so net neutrality is still OK, thank you very much. When you lease a dedicated pipe and/or some space in a datacentre, it doesn't kill net neutrality. does it? Now the thing is, we (as end users and/or small content providers) need to make sure that the ISPs do not cut the -already over-subscribed- "public" ressources to make this additional money, but that they will open new pipes instead (yeah sure, phat chance).

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