<story><title>Google Fiber now allows servers for non-commercial use</title><url>http://googleprotest.com</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rsingel</author><text>I still don&amp;#x27;t think this comports with the net neutrality rules, which focus on network management at a user&amp;#x2F;protocol level. Commercial&amp;#x2F;non-commercial is a business distinction -- which is exactly what net neutrality was meant to stop (e.g. Comcast throttling BitTorrent).&lt;p&gt;Google Fiber shouldn&amp;#x27;t care a whit if my server is commercial or non-commercial (what does that even mean?) If my usage &lt;i&gt;hurts&lt;/i&gt; the network, then GF can throttle my connection in some way that is disclosed as a policy and which is considered reasonable.&lt;p&gt;This is a half-assed compromise and it&amp;#x27;s not in line with either the spirit or the clear language of net neutrality.&lt;p&gt;(Full Disclosure: I wrote the Wired article that set off this storm.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gcb0</author><text>It started as a contractual distinction. Home DSL is cheaper because it is not guaranteed to be up so you can&amp;#x27;t sue your ISP for lost business, etc...&lt;p&gt;Then the big telcos got the game, and started to elaborate among themselves how to remove service and add fees.&lt;p&gt;Someone saw the non-commercial vanilla clause, and had the great idea of using that premise to shut down inbound connections by the most insanely idiotic assumption that a listening port is a server which is foolproof indication that you have a business.&lt;p&gt;Then everyone move to the telco that didn&amp;#x27;t do that, free market at its best. for about 6 months. until all of them did. nobody had any option. and here we are today.</text></comment>
<story><title>Google Fiber now allows servers for non-commercial use</title><url>http://googleprotest.com</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rsingel</author><text>I still don&amp;#x27;t think this comports with the net neutrality rules, which focus on network management at a user&amp;#x2F;protocol level. Commercial&amp;#x2F;non-commercial is a business distinction -- which is exactly what net neutrality was meant to stop (e.g. Comcast throttling BitTorrent).&lt;p&gt;Google Fiber shouldn&amp;#x27;t care a whit if my server is commercial or non-commercial (what does that even mean?) If my usage &lt;i&gt;hurts&lt;/i&gt; the network, then GF can throttle my connection in some way that is disclosed as a policy and which is considered reasonable.&lt;p&gt;This is a half-assed compromise and it&amp;#x27;s not in line with either the spirit or the clear language of net neutrality.&lt;p&gt;(Full Disclosure: I wrote the Wired article that set off this storm.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ape4</author><text>I run a very non-busy website on my home server.  Its got ads so I guess its a business.  Seems petty to ban such things.  (Not on Google Fiber)</text></comment>